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Squanto Timeline Game

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Summoning Knowledge...

About This Challenge

Squanto’s Timeline Game is a fun and educational activity that allows players to learn about the key events in Squanto’s life in a hands-on way.

  • Players will test their knowledge of Squanto’s life by placing events in their correct chronological order.
  • With each correct placement, players will gain a deeper understanding of Squanto’s journey and the impact he had on the early settlers in America.
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  • 1590: Squanto is born in the Patuxet tribe in present-day Massachusetts
  • 1605: Squanto is captured by English explorer George Weymouth and taken to Europe
  • 1614: Squanto returns to North America and is captured by Spanish slavers
  • 1614: Squanto is sold into slavery in Málaga, Spain
  • 1618: Squanto escapes slavery and makes his way to England
  • 1619: Squanto joins John Smith's expedition to New England
  • 1619: Squanto is taken back to America by Thomas Dermer
  • 1621: Squanto arrives in Plymouth, Massachusetts and helps the Pilgrims survive
  • 1621-1622: Squanto serves as a translator and mediator between the Pilgrims and Native American tribes
  • 1621: Squanto helps negotiate a peace treaty between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag tribe
  • 1621: Squanto teaches the Pilgrims how to plant corn, fish, and hunt
  • 1622: Squanto travels to Maine with William Bradford in search of a new settlement
  • 1622: Squanto falls ill and dies in Chatham, Massachusetts

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