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问题：【HowandWhydidthePuritanscometoNorthAmerica?】
答案：↓↓↓ 姜岩松的回答： 网友采纳 ThePilgrimswhosailedtothiscountryaboardtheMayflowerwereoriginallymembersoftheEnglishSeparatistChurch(aPuritansect).TheyhadearlierfledtheirhomeinEnglandandsailedtoHolland(TheNetherlands)toescapereligiouspersecution.There,theyenjoyedmorereligioustolerance,buttheyeventuallybecamedisenchantedwiththeDutchwayoflife,thinkingitungodly.Seekingabetterlife,theSeparatistsnegotiatedwithaLondonstockcompanytofinanceapilgrimagetoAmerica.MostofthosemakingthetripaboardtheMayflowerwerenon-Separatists,butwerehiredtoprotectthecompany'sinterests.Onlyaboutone-thirdoftheoriginalcolonistswereSeparatists. ThePilgrimssetgroundatPlymouthRockonDecember11,1620.Theirfirstwinterwasdevastating.Atthebeginningofthefollowingfall,theyhadlost46oftheoriginal102whosailedontheMayflower.Buttheharvestof1621wasabountifulone.Andtheremainingcolonistsdecidedtocelebratewithafeast--including91IndianswhohadhelpedthePilgrimssurvivetheirfirstyear.ItisbelievedthatthePilgrimswouldnothavemadeitthroughtheyearwithoutthehelpofthenatives.ThefeastwasmoreofatraditionalEnglishharvestfestivalthanatrue"thanksgiving"observance.Itlastedthreedays. GovernorWilliamBradfordsent"fourmenfowling"afterwildducksandgeese.Itisnotcertainthatwildturkeywaspartoftheirfeast.However,itiscertainthattheyhadvenison.Theterm"turkey"wasusedbythePilgrimstomeananysortofwildfowl. AnothermodernstapleatalmosteveryThanksgivingtableispumpkinpie.Butitisunlikelythatthefirstfeastincludedthattreat.Thesupplyofflourhadbeenlongdiminished,sotherewasnobreadorpastriesofanykind.However,theydideatboiledpumpkin,andtheyproducedatypeoffriedbreadfromtheircorncrop.Therewasalsonomilk,cider,potatoes,orbutter.Therewasnodomesticcattlefordairyproducts,andthenewly-discoveredpotatowasstillconsideredbymanyEuropeanstobepoisonous.Butthefeastdidincludefish,berries,watercress,lobster,driedfruit,clams,venison,andplums. This"thanksgiving"feastwasnotrepeatedthefollowingyear.Butin1623,duringaseveredrought,thepilgrimsgatheredinaprayerservice,prayingforrain.Whenalong,steadyrainfollowedtheverynextday,GovernorBradfordproclaimedanotherdayofThanksgiving,againinvitingtheirIndianfriends.Itwasn'tuntilJuneof1676thatanotherDayofThanksgivingwasproclaimed. OnJune20,1676,thegoverningcouncilofCharlestown,Massachusetts,heldameetingtodeterminehowbesttoexpressthanksforthegoodfortunethathadseentheircommunitysecurelyestablished.ByunanimousvotetheyinstructedEdwardRawson,theclerk,toproclaimJune29asadayofthanksgiving.ItisnotablethatthisthanksgivingcelebrationprobablydidnotincludetheIndians,asthecelebrationwasmeantpartlytobeinrecognitionofthecolonists'recentvictoryoverthe"heathennatives,"(seetheproclamation). Octoberof1777markedthefirsttimethatall13coloniesjoinedinathanksgivingcelebration.ItalsocommemoratedthepatrioticvictoryovertheBritishatSaratoga.Butitwasaone-timeaffair. GeorgeWashingtonproclaimedaNationalDayofThanksgivingin1789,althoughsomewereopposedtoit.Therewasdiscordamongthecolonies,manyfeelingthehardshipsofafewPilgrimsdi | 
