Who is TOM Turkey and how did he get his name?

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Who is TOM Turkey and how did he get his name? It is really not a special turkey with a name. Male turkeys are called toms, and female turkeys are called hens. Baby turkeys are called poults. Toms reach market weight--about 24 pounds (11 kilograms)--approximately 19 to 20 weeks after they hatch. What are the Activities people do on Thanksgiving? Many families enjoy watching the Macey's Thanksgiving Parade and Football. Parade is a public march or procession honoring a particular occasion. The mood of a parade may vary from joyous excitement to solemn dignity. Many parades have floats, music, marchers, and trained animals. Football originated in the United States. It began to develop during the mid-1800's. The sport grew out of soccer and Rugby, two kicking games that were developed in England. Soccer is called football in many countries, but the game differs considerably from American football. The history of football: Beginnings. Football began to develop during the mid-1800's, when a game similar to soccer was played in the Eastern United States. The object of the game was simply to kick a round ball across the other team's goal line. The teams sometimes had 30 or more players. The first game resembling present-day football was played in 1874, when a team from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, visited Harvard University. The Canadian team wanted to play the English game of rugby, which permitted running with the ball and tackling. Harvard preferred to play its soccerlike game, in which players advanced the ball mainly by kicking. The teams agreed to play two games, the first under Harvard rules and the second under McGill rules. Harvard liked McGill's rugby game so much that it introduced the sport to other Eastern colleges. Running and tackling soon became as important as kicking in the U.S. game. Life in Colonial America The story of the American colonists tells of the men, women, and children who left behind the Old World of Europe for a new life in North America. It describes the everyday life of the settlers in the communities they developed. It also tells of the meeting of cultures, as Europeans and Indians came into contact with each other. The British American colonial period began in the late 1500's with English attempts to settle Newfoundland and Roanoke Island, off the coast of what is now North Carolina. It ended with the start of the Revolutionary War in America in 1775. Many of the colonists came to North America from England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. But the New World attracted settlers from France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and other European countries as well. The majority of settlers came to the colonies for economic opportunity or to avoid political and religious unrest at home. However, not all colonists arrived voluntarily. The slave trade brought large numbers of people from Africa against their will. Some orphans were sent from England to America under labor contracts over which they had no control. Some English convicts were transported to the colonies to become servants. Were the Indians and the Colonists really friendly? When the Europeans arrived in North America, the continent was already home to many groups of Native Americans with many different cultures. The Indians were originally helpful to the colonists, and trade developed between the two groups. This trade changed the society of both the Indians and the settlers. The Indians strongly resisted the settlers' attempts to claim more and more Indian land. From time to time, fighting broke out between the colonists and the Indians. Eventually, the colonists pushed most of the Indians to the west. Did the pilgrims come to America for Religious Freedom? Yes they came for Religious and political reasons. Some of the colonists, beginning with the Pilgrims in 1620, came to the New World to create communities where they could worship in their own way. Throughout the colonial period, many groups headed for the colonies to escape persecution for their religious beliefs. Among those religious groups were Quakers and Roman Catholics from England, Huguenots from France, Moravians from Germany, and Jews from throughout Europe. This page is designed to be viewed with a 640x480 screen. So if the words are too small you might want to change your screen size. What is Thanksgiving? Thanksgiving Day is a day set aside each year for giving thanks to God for blessings received during the year. On this day, people give thanks with feasting and prayer. The holiday is celebrated in the United States and Canada.