Archive for July 12th, 2008

What caused the Pequot War?

Posted on July 12, 2008. Filed under: Puritans | Tags: Block Island, Canonicus, John Stone, Miantonomi, Mohegans, Narragansetts, Oldham, Pequot War, Pequots, Puritans, Saybrook |

Part 3 of my series on the Pequot War, where we look at its causes.
We’ve seen how the Puritans in Massachusetts and Connecticut were worried about being attacked from many sides: the French to the north, the Dutch to the west, and their own Parliament in England. They were not really focused on a Native [...]