1 The success of the Plymouth colony thus attracted more Europeans and set off what we call the "Great Puritan Migration.

2 A three-day harvest celebration held in 1621 in Plymouth Colony (part of today's Massachusetts) is generally considered to be the first American Thanksgiving.

3 They jumped from the Plymouth Colony, which was established in 1620, to the Revolution, some 150 years later, in just 90 seconds.

4 The people who comprised the Plymouth Colony were a group of English Protestants who wanted to break away from the Church of England.

5 Arriving at Plymouth Colony too late to grow many crops, and lacking fresh food, the Pilgrims suffered terribly during the winter of 1620-1621.

6 In sixteen twenty-one, a big celebration took place at Plymouth Colony in what is now the state of Massachusetts.

7 As a historical, national and religious holiday, Thanksgiving Day began with the English in Plymouth Colony.

8 But what Americans often consider the first Thanksgiving took place in Plymouth Colony. Today we call it Massachusetts.

9 But what Americans oftenconsideredconsider the first Thanksgiving took place in Plymouth Colony. Today we call it Massachusetts.

10 They elected a man called William Bradford as the first governor of their Plymouth colony.

11 But what Americans often consider the first Thanksgiving took place in Plymouth Colony.

12 Thanksgiving is a celebration that commemorates the harvest reaped by the Plymouth colony in 1621,[] following their arrival at Plymouth Rock in 1620.

13 The fish proved essential to the endurance of the Pilgrims, and it is fitting that a river near Plymouth Colony was named Eel River.

14 Elizabeth died the first winter, and Edward remarried to the widowed Mrs. Susanna White, on 12 May 1621--the first marriage in the Plymouth Colony.

15 The observance recalls the celebration of an autumn harvest centuries ago, when the Wampanoag tribe joined the Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony to share in the fruits of a bountiful season.

16 The first official Thanksgiving in America took place in Plymouth colony, Massachusetts in October 1621.