SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
FOUNDING OF THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
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Massachusetts Bay/Powhatan vs. Rhode Island/Abenaki
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Connecticut, Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonists/Narragansett and Mohegan Indians vs. Pequot Indians
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New Hampshire vs. Vermont
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Pequotville vs. Spain/France
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Detailed explanation-1: -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 from the Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, and Saybrook colonies and their allies from the Narragansett and Mohegan tribes.
Detailed explanation-2: -During the Pequot War, an allied Puritan and Mohegan force under English Captain John Mason attacks a Pequot village in Connecticut, burning or massacring some 500 Native American women, men and children.
Detailed explanation-3: -Wethersfield, Connecticut. On April 23, 1637 a large force of Pequot warriors attacked English settlers at Wethersfield on their way to their fields in the Great Meadow along the Connecticut River. The Pequot killed nine men and women and captured two girls who were brought to Pequot territory.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Narragansett and Mohegan tribes fought with the Puritans against the Pequots because they wanted to be the most powerful tribe, and they didn’t like the Pequots.