Pequot War History Quiz

Quiz Questions And Answers

When was the Pequot War?

1634-1638

1711-1715

1750-1755

What caused the war?

high taxes on food

to get more territory

8 Europeans were murdered in 1634

When did the Mystic massacre take place?

May 26, 1637

July 15, 1720

October 3, 1635

What happened on May 20, 1637?

The Treaty of Hartford was singed.

Connecticut colonists attacked the Pequot at a village known as Mystic.

Connecticut colonists were attacked near village called Mystic.

Which of these statements about John Stone is true?

John Stone was attacked near Block Island in 1636.

John Stone was Oldham's murder.

John Stone was kidnapping Western Niantic women and children selling them into slavery to the Virginia Colony.

Whose murder and the murder of his crew is touted as a beginning point for the Pequot War?

John Oldham

John Stone

John Endecott

When did Governor Vane send John Endecott to exact revenge on the Indians of Block Island?

in March

in August

in December

The Connecticut Colony during 1636-1707 was?

Colony of England

Colony of Great Britain

Colony of the Dutch

When was the Saybrook Colony merged with Connecticut Colony?

1635

1605

1644

What event refers to 1691?

The Plymouth Colony was established.

The Plymouth Colony was disestablished.

The Plymouth Colony celebrated the First Thanksgiving.

When was the Treaty of Hartford signed?

May 12, 1637

September 21, 1638

December 5, 1639

Which of these statements is true?

The Saybrook Colony was established in 1635.

The Massachusetts Bay Colony was an English settlement on the east coast of South America.

The Plymouth Colony was also known as the River Colony.

What was the outcome of the Pequot war?

English settlers moved north into what became the colony of New Hampshire.

The Native Americans won.

The Native American was killed.

When did Connecticut colonists attack the Pequot at a village known as Mystic?

June 15, 1635

August 9, 1636

May 20, 1637

Which of these statements is false?

The homeland of the Pequot tribe was along the Thames and Mystic Rivers.

Treaty of Hartford was signed in 1636.

Both statements are false.

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