Pequot

Women’s restricted gender role in the American Culture and Society prior to the ratification of the 19th Amendment (August 18, 1920) is highlighted in Mayflower. Females were not involved in the drafting and the signing of the Mayflower Compact “in accordance with the cultural and legal norms of the times” (pg. 43). The exclusion of women from the drafting and the signing of the first documentation of the framework of government of Plymouth Colony indicates the general role of women in the…

Beginning in the early 17th Century, English settlers scattered themselves along the eastern coast forming some of the first clearly defined regions of the United States. While both the New England colonies and the Chesapeake colonies had deep-seated aversion for the natives, they differed in their religious homogeneity and economic policies. The New England colonies were strictly Puritan whereas the Chesapeake colonies followed no universal religion; also, while the New England colonies…

because they became more independent and powerful. The European Americans identified the Pequot as a challenge for their expansion. In 1637, According to Norton et al., “The Massachusetts Bay expedition the following month attacked and burned the main Pequot town on the Mystic River. The English and their Narragensett allies slaughtered at least four hundred Pequots, mostly women and children” (35). The Pequot war was a signal of the ruin relationships between the Wampanoag and European…

The Northern colonies (Massachusetts) was economically, morally, and socially superior to the Southern colonies (Virginia). The Virginia and Massachusetts colonies couldn’t be more different; they were founded on completely separate ideals, they had different ways of producing revenue, and they were inhabited by completely different people. Although the colonies were immensely different, they also had some similarities; both colonies showed great violence towards Native Americans and both…

Massacre at mystic (contextualization) The Massacre at Mystic was the first major battle between the Native Americans and the Europeans. The context of this event shows how the Europeans and the Native Americans fought over the land that would soon become America. This fighting took place on a massive scale, but the first example of this brutality was the Massacre at Mystic. The colonization of the New World saw an unprecedented migration of people, known as the “Great Migration”. Many…

Reflecting on history always leads a historian to reflect on past experiences in a particular way. When William Apess gave his speech “Eulogy on King Philip” in 1836, the Pequot Indian presented a group of New Englanders with evidence of the group’s own betrayal of the Indian people at a time when, elsewhere in the country, Andrew Jackson and his government brutally expelled thousands of Cherokees and other tribes from their homelands. Apess needed to remind these white Americans of their…

Pennsylvania was founded in 1681 by William Penn with a charter granted to him by King Charles II. Pennsylvania was created as a place for the Quakers to be able to practice their religion, to make a profit, and for Penn to exercise liberal ideas. Pennsylvania was the most suitable colony to live in for someone wanting religious freedom, good relations with Native Americans, and to make a living with the good economy. Pennsylvania was a middle colony who had the nickname "bread basket".…

Hannah Ocuish was born in March of 1774 into the Pequot tribe in Connecticut, she spent much of her life moving through different foster homes. Beyond Ocuish being a member of Pequot tribe, she was also believed to suffer from a mental disability. Just twelve years after her birth Hannah was executed behind New London’s old meeting house in front of a crowd of locals after being sentenced to death for the murder of Eunice Bolles, the daughter of a wealthy farmer, on July 21, 1786 (Connecticut…

to arrive. In order to protect what they had, the native americans struck back, which led to an uprising in 1622. Throughout the years, more uprisings, battles, and wars took place. For example, in 1637, the Pequot War was fought between the English in the Massachusetts Bay colony and the Pequot indians. Another example is King Phillip’s war, that was fought as Indian attempt to drive out English settlers. Due to conflicts between the English and the Native Americans, wars were fought over land…

Americans and Europeans did occur, as shown with the cooperation between the Pilgrims and the native Wamponaoag people. Conflict occurred much more frequently as there were several wars between the Native Americans and the British settlers, such as the Pequot War, that continued into the American Revolution. 6. Identify two effects of the Columbian exchange had on Europe/Europeans. The Columbian exchange led to more Europeans living in the New World. Additionally, the Columbian Exchange…