SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
FOUNDING OF THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
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Colonists in Providence wanted Narragansett lands.
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Pequot Indians killed an English trader over a trade dispute.
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Colonists agreed to join the Pequots in an attack on the Narragansetts.
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New England colonists raided the food supplies at a Pequot fort.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer. option B . The primary cause of the Pequot War was the struggle to control trade.
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: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -What event sparked the Pequot War? The murder of John Oldham (an English trader) in 1636. The Massachusetts Bay Company sent troops to retaliate which sparked a series of battles.
Detailed explanation-5: -Which of the following was a result of the Pequot War? Connecticut seized Pequot land and gave it to its colonists.