Pequot

the stealing of land and food, war began to outbreak between the Indians and colonists and continued throughout the seventeenth century. The first major Indian uprising took place in Virginia in 1622, which resulted in the death of 347 whites. The Pequot War soon followed on account of tribes attempting to prevent new settlements in Connecticut River. Furthermore, settlers were moving farther into the forest, killing the game and causing Indians to go hungry. These Indians had to decide…

Who was Christopher Columbus? Was he really the great man many children 's books say he was? Was the the explorer who discovered America? Or was he a successful criminal who pillaged and raped the so called ‘inferior’ native Americans? Lots of evidence provided by historians and writers points to both sides of the argument. Some say that Columbus was a villain who claimed land that was already owned and occupied by millions of native American tribes who he called Indians (due to the fact that he…

The Air and Missile Defense of Our Nation’s Capital Throughout our nation’s history, and even before, America’s militia has answered the call to guard and defend America’s citizens and way of life. Following the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, President George W. Bush authorized the activation of the Reserves of each military branch as well as the Army and Air National Guard. Initially, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld designated more than 35,000 reserve component men and women the…

different moral standing that he does not need to treat them with a normal amount of respect. Many years later into the establishment of the colonies, in 1637, when Bradford was Governor of Massachusetts, the Colonists surrounded and burned hundreds of Pequot Native men, women, and children to death in a scene that Bradford described as “a fearful sight to see them thus frying in the fire, and the streams of blood quenching the same… but the victory seemed a sweet sacrifice, and [us Puritans]…

First, white civil servants conducted semi-diplomatic relations with Native American delegates, offering American material goods to exact payments of vast territory that would ameliorate the inconvenient differences between white and native social structures. Secondly, indigenous translators humored white functionaries to gain prestige and influence through translation by preserving indigenous linguistic traditions. Thirdly, Southern slaves reworked their presence within spiritual spaces…

Did you know? Native Americans lost their history, their land, their culture, and is one of the least discussed genocides in world history? In 1620, William Bradford involved itself with protestant Pilgrims who wanted to separate from England in search of religious freedom and happiness to the “New World.” Bradford helped organize the journey of the Mayflower with more than 100 passengers. In the historical account, “Of Plymouth Plantations” William Bradford describes his personal perspective…

the right of freedom and of possession. In this case, violence helped the Natives regain some of their freedom. Differing from Columbus 's letter is Tecumseh 's early 1800’s speech about trying to stop the expansion of America, “Where today are the Pequot...and the many other powerful tribes of our people? They have vanished before the avarie [greed] and…

can see who they are friends with or what types of music they like, if you post about that type of stuff. This helps you learn more about each other. Internet communication has isolated me too. This year I chose to do PSEO full-time. I used to go to Pequot Lakes High School and now I rarely see anyone. I feel like if I stay on social media, they will stay connected to me but I think that it is somewhat isolating me. I’m slowly making less of an effort to meet up with them and just catching up on…

what it is called today the Department of Veterans Affairs. The United States has the greatest complete system of assistance for Veterans in the world, this system goes back to 1636, when the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony were at war with the Pequot Indians. During that time the Pilgrims passed a law that declared that disabled soldiers would be supported by the colony. Over one hundred years later, the Continental Congress of 1776 stimulated enlistments during the Revolutionary War, by…

Not Everything You See Is Reality: The Truth and Reality Throughout literature and media, the creators tend to change the reality of that time to make it more entertaining and acceptable to modern audiences. Likewise in the historical fiction novel “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, he changes the accuracy of what it really was like to live in the 17th century Boston. Fiction and realty differ in the story, regarding to the punishment of adultery, the color of their clothing, and the…