Question

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the following sentences.

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is A. The Wampanoag assisted the colonists of Plymouth.

Explanation:

The Wampanoag people lived in the seventeenth century in the present states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. After the first contacts with the English, which led to conflicts and epidemics, the population figures fell by nearly 90% to 12,000 members at the time of the arrival of the Pilgrims in 1620 in the future colony of Plymouth.

The Wampanoags helped to save the settlers from starvation by offering them food, as well as teaching them how to fish, hunt and grow corn. The celebration of the first harvest in 1621 gave rise to a common meal between Native Americans and Plymouth pilgrims, an event commemorated nowadays each year in the United States by Thanksgiving Day.

Answer 2

The correct answer is B, Massachusetts Bay