USA HISTORY

SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732

THE PURITANS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Early English settlement that developed a strong relationship with the Native American Wampanoag Tribe was the ____
A
Pilgrims
B
Puritans
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -At the Plymouth settlement in present-day Massachusetts, the leaders of the Plymouth colonists, acting on behalf of King James I, make a defensive alliance with Massasoit, chief of the Wampanoags.

Detailed explanation-2: -On the orders of their leader, Ousamequin (known to the settlers as Massasoit), the Wampanoags taught the English men and women how to plant crops, where to fish and hunt, and other skills that would prove critical to the new colony’s survival.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Wampanoag people, the “People of the First Light, ” are responsible for saving the Pilgrims from starvation and death during the harsh winter of 1620–21.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Native Americans welcomed the arriving immigrants and helped them survive. Then they celebrated together, even though the Pilgrims considered the Native Americans heathens. The Pilgrims were devout Christians who fled Europe seeking religious freedom. They were religious refugees.

Detailed explanation-5: -Pilgrims and Wampanoags cooperated a lot in the early years of contact, but conflict was eventually going to happen because the two sides did not communicate very well. Pilgrims and Wampanoags had many differences but that did not mean the two groups had to go to war.

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