Adams's 4th

Where was the homeland of the Pequot people?

• The Great Plains of Kansas and Nebraska

• Southeastern Connecticut, from the Thames to the Pawcatuck Rivers

• The Hudson River Valley in New York

• The Appalachian Mountains of Tennessee

What language family did the Pequot speak?

• Iroquoian

• Muskogean

• Algonquian

• Siouan

Who was the great sachem (chief) of the Pequot during the early 1600s?

• Ousamequin (Massasoit)

• Sassacus (Tataunquiag)

• Wahunsenacawh (Chief Powhatan)

• Metacom (King Philip)

What were the main foods and crops that sustained the Pequot?

• Wheat, barley, and rice

• Corn, beans, and squash (“Three Sisters”), plus hunting and fishing

• Cotton, sugarcane, and tobacco

• Only trade goods from Europeans

What major event devastated the Pequot in the 1630s?

• The Great Swamp Fight

• The Pequot War (1636–1638), when villages were attacked and burned

• King Philip’s War

• The Anglo-Powhatan Wa