Pequot War

The Pequot War started in 1636 and ended in 1637. The war consisted of the Pequot people and a coalition of English settlers from the Massachusetts Bay. It was a brutal war and was the first sustained conflict between Native Americans and Europeans in northeastern North America.       The primary cause of the Pequot War was the struggle to control trade. The Dutch brought on economic, political, and cultural changes when they arrived on Long Island and in the Connecticut River valley at the beginning

The Pequot War was a salient event, as it influenced the political and economic landscape of the New World in a drastic way. The Pequot War was the first sustained conflict amongst Europeans and Native Americans. This event certainly wasn’t going to be the last of its kind; according to Schultz (2010), “The blood shed during the Pequot War foreshadowed the dark nature of Indian-colonist relations that was just over the horizon.” (Page. 41) The fuel for this war was mainly noted to derive from

The Pequot War began primarily because of a struggle to control trade. The Pequot- Dutch control of trade in the land started in the 1620s. " By 1635, the Pequot had extended their control through a tributary confederacy of dozens of tribes created through coercion, warfare, diplomacy and intermarriage." (pequotwar.org, 2017) While the Dutch and Pequot tribes controlled all trade in the land, the was a short time of stability, but the arrival of English traders and settler shifted the balance of

May 26,1637 was the day of a very brutal and gory war. The war was between the Pequot Indian tribe and the English settlers. Prior to the war aprocimently 20,000 English settlers left in what was known as the Great Migration to New England. Once settled the English and Pequot's first incountor was a possitive one. The Pequot tribe were the most respected, wealthiest and highly orginized tribe around. They seemed to get along and would even trade goods amongst eachother. How ever they did disagree

economic status; these were reasons for the Pequot War. July 1636 through September 1638 was the timeframe, and it was the English who wanted the trade and the Pequot Indians who wanted to keep their status. The war was the first big war fought against New England settlers and the Pequot Indians. “The primary cause of the Pequot War was the struggle to control trade. English efforts were to break the Dutch-Pequot control of the fur and wampum trade, while the Pequot attempted to maintain their political

THE PEQUOT WAR RECONSIDERED The English pioneers of Connecticut and the Pequots battled what is presently known as the Pequot Wars. One of the two administrators for the Englishmen was Captain John Underhill. After the war, he soon distributed his record of the threats between the Pequots and the English pioneers, titled News from America. While both Underhill and Bradford portray the occasions comparably, Bradford neglects to bring up or answer the issue of roughness against the Pequots, while

In the year of 1637, a war broke out in the Massachusetts Bay area against, mainly, the Pequot Indian tribe and the English Puritans. There were a multitude of valid reasons for the starting of this war between two varied groups of people. It, as stated by Katherine A. Grandjean was a, “brutal, total war,” one that “[defies] short description” (Grandjean, 2011). Consider the sudden changes in the economy, politics, and culture to get an idea as to why this war began. The Europeans entered a world

The Pequot War, its Origins, Events and its Consequences Hallie N. Wilson Bethel University The Pequot Tribe and the English The Pequots are a native tribe from South Eastern Connecticut. They traveled for hunting and gathering during spring and summer when it was warmer. During the Winter, they stayed cozied up in their villages. They first met the English in 1660 and the movement caused many problems between the two people. In fact, the first contact between the English and Pequot tribe

Pequot War The Pequot war was a gruesome, bloody and horrifying war. Tensions were running high between the English and Pequot tribe in the year of 1637. This will lead to one of the bloodiest Native American massacre in American history. This video poses the vital question as to why we ignore this part of our history and mythologize an amazing relationship between the pioneers and the natives. In May of 1637 the English authorities of Plymouth, Boston, and Connecticut decided to lead a sneak

“Pequot War, war fought in 1636–37 by the Pequot people against a coalition of English settlers from the Massachusetts Bay.” (McBride 2016) The Pequot war, in short, was a brutal and bloody series of wars between the Pequot tribe and other tribes who sided with the Europeans. Like many wars that are fought today, this one was fought for power. Before the war, the Pequot tribe had controlled several nearby tribes to control area’s fur and wampum trade. The Pequot used a means necessary to gain power