The Pilgrims
The pilgrims arrived in the new world in this year.
What is 1620?
This was the native nation that was present at the first thanksgiving with the Pilgrims.
Who are the Wampanoag?
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.
What is A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens?
This Australian cartoon has aired it's second and third seasons since 2020 and stars a family of heeler dogs.
What is Bluey?
These 2 movies released on the same day and became a cultural phenomenon, being the 1st and 5th highest grossing films of the year.
What are Barbie and Oppenheimer?
This city, founded by Puritans in 1630, quickly grew to be the largest city in the US until it was surpassed by Philadelphia in the mid 1700's.
What is Boston?
King Phillip's War was the second large scale war between native nations and English colonists in the future US. This was the real name of the chief of the Wampanoag dubbed "King Phillip" by the colonists.
Who was Metacomet? (Also known as Pometacom and Metacom)
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
This Disney cartoon starring a Thai girl lost in another world had to have a content warning added to the beginning of it's season 2 finale due to the shocking nature of certain scenes, a first for the network.
What is Amphibia?
This technology was often in the news this year, especially in regards to its fast advancement regarding art and recreating voices.
What is AI?
Prior to moving to the new world, this is where the pilgrims attempted to live when they fled from England.
What is Leiden, in the Netherlands?
This was a grassroots movement/organization founded in 1968 to address economic and political issues faced by Native Americans in the US, especially regarding treaty rights. They're most famous for their occupation of Alcatraz Island and the Longest Walk from there to DC in 1978.
Who is AIM or the American Indian Movement?
In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
What is The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams?
(I will accept A Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy as well, since that's the sequel to this book)
Adventure Time received a 4 episode epilogue series in 2020, subtitled this.
What is Distant Lands?
This year writers and actors strikes were some of the longest in history and ended up with largely a victory for the workers, led by this union.
What is SAG-AFTRA or the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists?
During the Salem Witch trials, this man was killed by having more and more large stones placed on top of him. His last words were famously "more weight".
Who is Giles Corey?
What nation lived in the area we are now standing on when the pilgrims arrived?
What is the Pocumtuck, Nonatuck, or Woronock?
If you are interested in stories with happy endings, you would be better off reading some other book. In this book, not only is there no happy ending, there is no happy beginning and few happy things in the middle.
What is The Bad Beginning (or A Series of Unfortunate Events) by Lemony Snicket?
This series starring a 10 year old boy and his friends as they explore the forest around his DC/Baltimore suburb that received very good reviews from critics for its charm and humor is currently airing it's fifth and final season.
What is Craig of the Creek?
This long running TV series had its final episode this year after 10 years of being broadcast. It was the first show to bring anime to an adult audience in the west (as well as likely the most viewed), setting the stage for a boom in the industry in the 2010's, and was up there with Game of Thrones and Better Call Saul in terms of online popularity.
What is Attack on Titan?
Harvard University was founded in 1636 primarily to train this group of people. However it diversified its curriculum and student body over the next 150 years to become the foremost educational institution in the new United States.
Who are congregational ministers?
There is exactly one Indian reservation in Massachusetts. It is 0.12 square miles in area and is controlled by this tribe.
Who are the Mashpee Wampanoag?
Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board.
What is Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston?
This 2020 series is one of my personal favorites, and is about a girl transported to a world full of witches and demons as she matures into a thoughtful and empathetic adult and makes meaningful relationships for the first time. It was created by someone who got her start working on Gravity Falls.
What is the Owl House?
This country became the 4th country in the world to successfully land a craft on the moon this year, joining only the US, USSR, and China in achieving this feat.
What is India?