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Exercise on prepositions – The Wampanoag
Fill the gaps with the correct prepositions.
The Wampanoag are the native American tribe that helped the Pilgrims
the Mayflower to survive their first year
the New World.
The tribe was divided
smaller groups, and each group was ruled
a chief.
The Wampanoag lived
villages
the southeastern coast
North America. Their name means
‘
people of the east
’
.
One member
the Wampanoag, Squanto, knew English because several years before he had been kidnapped and taken
Europe.
Squanto was the first to meet the Pilgrims and he welcomed them
English.
The Wampanoag shared their knowledge
hunting and fishing
the European settlers and showed them how to grow corn and beans.
autumn, the harvest was so good that the settlers invited the Wampanoag
a great feast that is now remembered as the first Thanksgiving.
A treaty
the Wampanoag and the settlers secured peace
about 40 years, but then the settlers claimed more and more land and treated the Wampanoag
disrespect.
This finally led
war
the English and the Wampanoag (1675-1676)
which the Wampanoag were defeated.
The Wampanoag left their lands and moved
the islands
Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard.
Today there are only about 2,000 Wampanoag people living
the United States.
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