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The Real Pilgrim Story

Puzzle # 7

Country Boy Can Survive

What critical skills was the expedition lacking when it arrived in the New World?

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Real History Of The Pilgrims

Most Americans are familar with the story of the Pilgrims. But there's a lot more to the early settlement of the Americas that we are taught in that story.

Join us as we dig into the details of the story and see the human elements. Diplomacy, Strategy, Luck, Incompetence, and Power Plays shape the English entrance into the New World. We present a series of multi-word jumble puzzles - each puzzle focuses on a key element of the story. Each puzzle comes with a description about the people, places, and trends at work.

Solving This Puzzle

Unscramble the words and see the full answer to the question. You can drag and drop the letters into the correct order using your mouse or touchscreen device. If you get a letter in the correct position, it will show green - letters in the wrong position will display as red. We provide additional hints below as we discuss the circumstances and historical evidence about that particular participant or situation. If you get stuck, just try dragging a few letters around until you see a green letter - that will help you get started unscrambling the word.

Spoilers (Puzzle Context)

The expedition was poorly prepared to survive in the new world, consisting primarily of city dwellers who came from merchant and craftsman backgrounds. While this social background helped them remain together as a group during their original emmigration from England (to Holland) and raise money for the voyage, they were not ready for survival in the New World.

Fortunately, they were able to befriend a local Indian (Tisquantum, known as Squanto) who served as a translator with the local indians. Squanto remained in Plymouth to teach the Pilgrims how to survive in New England, for example using dead fish to fertilize the soil. For the first few years of colonial life, the fur trade was the dominant source of income, buying furs from Native Americans and selling to Europeans, beyond subsistence farming.

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