Pequot War

Though pleasant in the beginning for both sets of colonies, the Native Americans proved to be a struggle in both the north and the south. In New England, the Pequot War annihilated the entire Pequot tribe after the English set fire to the Natives’ living area. In the south, cultural clashes started the First and Second Anglo-Powhatan War. These conflicts with the natives created an instability in the south and north that would never fully dissipate. Though in very different settings, the Chesapeake

The Yamasee War There were always conflicts between the Native Americans and the colonist when the colonist settled in North America. For example, the Pequot War, which lasted from 1636-1637 and was among the colonist of Connecticut, Massachusetts Bay, and Saybrook versus the Pequot Indians. The Yamasee War was another conflict that killed over 400 colonist in South Carolina. The colonist vigorously stole, lied, and forced the Yamasee into slavery. To not be seen as weak the Yamasee raided the colonist

During the 16th and 17th century, European countries were colonizing the recently discovered Americas. England colonized two areas, but these two regions had unique cultures and different economies. New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled largely by people of English origins, but by the 1700s the regions evolved into two distinct societies because of their different economies and cultures but also have a similarity in how they treated Native Americans. Chesapeake and New England

other foreign countries occupied much of the land occupied by natives. The expansion of the colonies of New England resulted in massacres of Native American villages, such as the Pequot Village in May of 1637. (doc. #3) In 1638, the event was painted by John Underhill in London; the image shows the attack on the Pequot Tribe in North America. Chesapeake also participated in the dislocation of natives and showed a prominent disliking of Native Americans. (doc. #4) Nathaniel Bacon of Chesapeake wrote

Endicott's attack on the Manisses and Pequot villages, it is well known as the longest engagement of the Pequot War. The Pequot surrounded and cut off all essential supplies to Saybrook Fort in September of 1636 all the way through April of 1637. The Pequot destroyed many of the English’s cattle and cornfields, burned down almost all of their houses that were used to store their traded goods, and any soldiers who traveled out too far from the fort were attacked by the Pequot. In early September, Lieutenant

The Massacre at Mystic took place on May 26, 1637; in 1630 against the Pequot Indian tribe. From the beginning the Puritans thought

many settlers first settled, there was a group Natives called the Powhatans. The Powhatans chieftain had kidnapped the settler’s leader, John Smith, and would have killed him if not for the chiefs’ daughter, Pocahontas, stepping between Smith and the war clubs. This put Pocahontas in the middle of the Natives and colonists. In 1610 many colonists were prepared to call quits and go home, they were met by Lord De La Warr and a relief party. Lord De La Warr ordered everyone back to Jamestown and took military

servants to African slave labor. King Phillip’s War was different in that the Wampanoag leader Metacom allied with the Narragansett and Nipmuck, and attacked white settlements throughout New England. As a result of these attacks, one-fifth of towns in Massachusetts and Rhode Island were destroyed. The impact of King Phillip’s War was the death of 5 percent of the New England population, and the ended existence of independent natives in New England. The Pequot War was different in that it was a series of

The attack on Pequot Fort was a brutal, one-sided battle between the Pequot people, fellow Natives Americans, and the Englishmen. The Pequot fought very hard and stood their ground during the battle. In John Underhill’s account, he mentions that he and Captain Mason set fire to the fort. This led to many deaths of the Pequot people as most of them stayed and fought through the Palisadoes. The Pequot were slowly losing the war as their warriors died and their weaponry destroyed in the flames. Those

When comparing and contrasting the Chesapeake and New England colonies you find that there are many differences and a few similarities. These differences and similarities revolve around the colonies geography, economic characteristics, religious characteristics, and why they were founded. These differences developed in the colonies based off where they are, how they were ran, and how wealthy they were. The development of these colonies also affected the American Indians in a few different ways. Let