Pequot War

Colonialism brought with it several wars and thousands of deaths. The locals did not want to give up their lands but the colonials were determined to capture the lands and set up their business and extend the boundaries of their nation. One such war was fought among the Pequot and the English colonists whose allies were other Native American tribes. Pequot lost the war to the English. Before the war the Pequot controlled what is today modern Connecticut and Long Island. The Pequot had contr...