SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Even before the deaths of William Bradford and Massasoit there were tensions between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag people because they each disagreed with the ways of life of one another.
Detailed explanation-2: -Despite periodic tensions, peace between the two groups survived until after Ousamequin’s death in 1661, making the 1621 treaty the only one between Native Americans and English colonists to be honored throughout the lives of all who signed it.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Wampanoag were the first Native Americans to deal with the English settlers known as the Pilgrims. The Pilgrims established a colony at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620. Massasoit, the Wampanoag chief, made a peace treaty with the Pilgrims that lasted for 40 years.
Detailed explanation-4: -Exposed to new diseases, the Wampanoag lost entire villages. Only a fraction of their nation survived. By the time the Pilgrim ships landed in 1620, the remaining Wampanoag were struggling to fend off the Narragansett, a nearby Native people who were less affected by the plague and now drastically outnumbered them.