There was a huge war in Italy at the time and Machiavelli wanted to give rulers advice on how to rule their countries more efficiently. His trademark phrase in The Prince was that "the ends justifies the means". Meaning, as long as the result is good for country, what you did to achieve that result doesn't matter.
The English colonists we call Pilgrims celebrated<span> days of </span>thanksgiving<span> as part of their religion. But these were days of prayer, not days of feasting. Our national holiday really stems from the feast held in the autumn of 1621 by the </span>Pilgrims<span> and the Wampanoag to </span>celebrate<span> the colony's </span>first<span> successful harvest.</span>
