Question #12d95
1 Answer
No without the help of the native Americans the Pilgrims would have starved.
Explanation:
The Pilgrims were expecting to land in Virginia near James Town.
There the Pilgrims could have received help from the existing British settlers. Virginia is much warmer than Plymouth Rock. The Pilgrims were ill equipped to survive where they landed by accident.
The Pilgrims were taught how to grow corn and squash by with the assistance of the Native Americans. Without this help the Pilgrims would have starved, and would not have survived that first winter.
Also the local tribes were persuaded to ally themselves with the Pilgrims by Massasoit and Squanto who acted as translators. The local tribes could have just as easily chosen to attack the Pilgrims.
Outnumbered and unfamiliar with forest warfare the Pilgrims could have easily wipeout.
Without the help of the Native Americans the Pilgrims would not have survived.
