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The Pequot War was an armed conflict that took place in 1636 and ended in 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. The war concluded with the decisive defeat of the Pequot.
Engraving depicting the attack on the Pequot Fort, published in 1638 (Photo Facsimile made in circa 1870) The Mystic massacre – also known as the Pequot massacre and the Battle of Mystic Fort – took place on May 26, 1637 during the Pequot War, when a force from the Connecticut Colony under Captain John Mason and their Narragansett and Mohegan allies set fire to the Pequot Fort near the ...
The first war started in 1609 and ended in a peace settlement in 1614. [1] The second war lasted from 1622 to 1632. The third war lasted from 1644 until 1646 and ended when Opechancanough was captured and killed. That war resulted in a defined boundary between the Indians and colonial lands that could only be crossed for official business with ...
The Fairfield Swamp Fight (also known as the Great Swamp Fight) was the last engagement of the Pequot War and marked defeat of the Pequot tribe in the war and the loss of their recognition as a political entity in the 17th century. The participants in the conflict were the Pequot and the English with their allied tribes (the Mohegan and ...
The Pequot War is a nonfiction book that reexamines historical sources on the Pequot War that resulted in new interpretations when this work was published in 1996. It was written by Alfred A. Cave and published by the University of Massachusetts Press .
In 1637, during the Pequot War, Uncas was allied with the New England colonists and against the Pequots. He led his Mohegans in a joint attack with the colonists against the Pequots near Saybrook and against the Pequot Fort at Mystic River. The Pequots were defeated and the Mohegans incorporated much of the remaining Pequot people and their land.
The Mystic Massacre of the Pequot War: January 25, 1787 Shays' Rebellion in Western Massachusetts led by Daniel Shays: January 24, 1848 The beginning of the California Gold Rush also a time where people were moving from east to west September 17, 1862 The Battle of Antietam during the American Civil War: July 6, 1892
Advanced Placement (AP) United States History (also known as AP U.S. History or APUSH (/ ˈ eɪ p ʊ ʃ /)) is a college-level course and examination offered by College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program.