Pequot War

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What did the Massachusetts Bay Colony want besides evangelizing Native Americans?

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Native American land

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How many surviving members of the Naponsett tribe were there in February 1634?

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Three

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Which tribe drove the Pequots out of Rhode Island? Options: Wampanoag, Mohican, Narragansett, Iroquois

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Narragansett

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Why was the treaty with the Pequot never ratified? Options: The Pequot refused to sign, The English withdrew their offer, The Pequot never handed over the killers or the wampum, The Narragansett opposed it

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The Pequot never handed over the killers or the wampum

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What did Massachusetts emigrants establish in Connecticut?

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Three towns

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What did Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick implicitly comment on? The beauty of the sea, The plight of the Pequot, The success of the whaling industry, The peace between tribes

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The plight of the Pequot

Front

What was the name of the doomed whaling vessel in Moby-Dick?

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Pequod

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How did Roger Williams isolate the Pequot?

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He negotiated with the Narragansett and broke up their alliance with the Pequot; then, the puritans and Narragansett made an alliance.

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The communities whom John Winthrop exhorted to “be united in the bond of peace” (from the City Upon a Hill primary source) essentially committed an act of genocide.

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True

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What was the main cause of the Pequot War?

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The colonists' depraved appetite for land