The Plymouth Colony and First Thanksgiving (Thanksgiving Lectures, Pt. 6)

Final part of the Thanksgiving lecture series: we take a look at the decision to settle off Plymouth Harbor, the extraordinarily harsh and deadly winter of 1620 and 1621, the tragic story of the Patuxet tribe, the Wampanoag Confederation and Pokanoket tribe, the peace treaty with the Indians in April 1621, the abundant harvest, and three-day feast of thanksgiving in autumn 1621. In this lecture we'll encounter such figures as Samoset, Massosoit Ousamequin, Tiquantum or Squanto, Hobbamock, and Edward Winslow, while also returning to such figures as William Brewster, Captain Myles Standish, Governor John Carver, and Governor William Bradford. This lecture concludes our discussion of the Pilgrims and the meaning of the Thanksgiving holiday.
_______________________________________
If enjoy this channel and would like to support:
https://patreon.com/professorbarthShow more

Follow me on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/Professor_Barth

Buy my book! The Currency of Empire: Money and Power in English America, released June 2021 with Cornell University Press. Order your copy now.
https://www.amazon.com/Currency-Empire-Seventeenth-Century-English-America/dp/1501755773/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1611158577&sr=8-1
_______________________________________
Dr. Jonathan Barth received his PhD in history from George Mason University in 2014. He specializes in the history of money and banking in the early modern period, with corollary interests in early modern politics, empire, culture, and ideas. Barth is Associate Professor of History at Arizona State University and Associate Director of the Center for American Institutions at Arizona State University.
_______________________________________
Visit my website https://www.professorbarth.com/
_______________________________________
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed on this channel are my own and do not reflect the views of Arizona State University, nor are any of the views endorsed by Arizona State University.