A History of Thanksgiving

Hi! as you can guess from my title, since it's the third Thursday of November, I'm going to tell you a history of Thanksgiving. I just finished Thanksgiving dinner, and I enjoyed it. Anyway, here it is, and please excuse any typos.
A History of Thanksgiving
By Evan
In 1620, England was still a total monarchy and America hadn't been founded yet. In fact, only a few people had visited it so far! And England had no first amendment that America would have in 1791. That meant, among other things, there was no such thing as religious freedom in England. King George ruled all, and was in complete control.
So, a large amount of people wanted to move to America to worship whoever they chose. But wait! There was a problem! The journey to America would be a long and dangerous one, and what if the natives were hostile to them? They were OK to, say, Christopher Columbus from Spain, who had “discovered” America 128 years ago, but that didn't necessarily mean they would be to the Pilgrims. So, only the fit men and women went, and the kids and older people stayed. If America was safe, the people who had made the journey would come back and everyone else would go.
But there was another problem. They needed money for a ship, and one large enough for a 3,000 mile trip cost a lot. So they borrowed a ship! They would pay back the company they borrowed it from with any riches they found in America, keeping only enough for themselves to live.
And the journey was a hard one. It was crowded and cramped, and, believe it or not, some people kept skunks as pets! And they preferred to eat in the dark because their food was crawling with bugs.
Finally, though, they arrived in Plymouth Harbor! The natives were pretty friendly, and a few even spoke English! There were a few drawbacks, as well. They (the Pilgrims) never had time to sit down for dinner, and that's assuming they even HAD enough food for dinner! They could barely catch any animals, so they had to trade items such as knives to the Native Americans for venison.
Luckily, named Squanto taught them how to plant corn Indian-style. They learned to fertilize the seeds with haddock. However, there was a drawback to that, too. The rotting haddock attracted wolves, and they couldn't dig up the fish, because that would ruin they corn, so kids had to guard them (the corn) by throwing rocks at any wolves that came near.
Fortunately, after the first few years, their life got better, and they celebrated by having a huge feast. They invited just about everyone in the colony and the chief of the nearby natives that had helped them. What they didn't know was that 90 other Indians were coming along with him! But the Indians realized the problem, and captured nine deer. Problem solved! And that dinner was the first Thanksgiving.
In the early 1900's, though, Thanksgiving was kind of dying out. It wasn't a national holiday yet, and pretty much only the people in the East Coast celebrated it. And Sarah O'Hale did not like that. She wrote letters to James Buchanan, the current President, but he had more important matters to worry about. But, when Abraham Lincoln succeeded him, Sarah wrote 13 letters, and finally, he agreed. Thanksgiving was made an official national holiday!
And that's the history of Thanksgiving! Bye!
P.S. Stay tuned for my 25th post in 3 more posts!