All about the ancient tribes
The Pequot War was an armed conflict that took place between 1636 and 1638 in New England between the Pequot tribe and an alliance of the colonists of the Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, and Saybrook colonies and their allies from the Narragansett and Mohegan tribes.
Pequot War, war fought in 1636–37 by the Pequot people against a coalition of English settlers from the Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, and Saybrook colonies and their Native American allies (including the Narragansett and Mohegan) that eliminated the Pequot as an impediment to English colonization of southern New
It had strict rules governing behavior that were based on religious principles. What proved to be a major hardship for settlement in the New England colonies?
King Philip’s War, also called Great Narragansett War, (1675–76), in British American colonial history, war that pitted Native Americans against English settlers and their Indian allies that was one of the bloodiest conflicts (per capita) in U.S. history.
Causes of the Pequot War 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 and economic dominance in the region.
Metacom, also called Metacomet, King Philip, or Philip of Pokanoket, (born c. 1638, Massachusetts—died August 12, 1676, Rhode Island), sachem (intertribal leader) of a confederation of indigenous peoples that included the Wampanoag and Narraganset.
White population growth in New England and expansion of the colony and further encroachment on Indian territory led to conflicts between colonists and
The first colonists sailed from England in 1630 and established the Massachusetts Bay Colony, with its center at Boston. They were soon joined by other settlers, almost all Puritans; by 1640, 20,000 of them had settled in Boston and neighboring towns, and the colony was a thriving success.
What made Massachusetts Bay Colony a theocracy? It encouraged religious tolerance and was open to colonists of differing beliefs. It was established by people seeking freedom from religious persecution. It had strict rules governing behavior that were based on religious principles.
Which of the following is true of Native American alliances during the French and Indian War? Tribes allied with both sides during the war. You just studied 22 terms!
In 1607, 104 English men and boys arrived in North America to start a settlement. On May 13 they picked Jamestown, Virginia for their settlement, which was named after their King, James I. The settlement became the first permanent English settlement in North America.
The causes of the Pequot war is that both the dutch-Pequot and the English wanted control of the fur trade. The consequences were that the tribe either fled, died or were sold to slavery.
Praying towns were developed by the Puritans of New England from 1646 to 1675 in an effort to convert the local Native American tribes to Christianity. This sermon led to a friendship with Waban, who became the first Native American in Massachusetts to convert to Christianity.