Mystic Massacre

Comprehension Questions:
3) So they can spread their own religion. They intended to take over with their religion.

4) Puritans believed that in order for you to own the land you had to have a settlement on it, but the Pequot tribe believed that you temporarily lived there. They both treated their women and men differently. The Puritans believed that the men should do all the work and the women do cooking and cleaning. The Pequot were opposite however. They believed that their women did most the work such as cropping, making the huts, cooking, cleaning, and the men mainly hunted. When it came to warfare, the Puritans believed in genocide and killing as a way of settling disputes. The Pequot's on the other hand didn't believe in warfare, but in talking and going to the spirits for help.

5) The Dutch were in the new world for trade, not land so there weren't as many disputes between them and the natives. They got along better than the British because the British had to fight the natives for the land.

12) It changed the united states because the power changed to European power, and since they were successful in the Mystic Massacre, they thought it was ok to perform genocide on the other tribes, potentially wiping them out completely.

Primary Source Exploration:
1) It's a community where they believe strongly in the thought of everyone being equal, a community as a whole, peace, and kindness. Also that they keep believing in god. I think this community could be possible if the Europeans weren't so corrupt.

2) That they should live like kings and be perfect and have everyone look up to them. He expected god to have his eyes on them.

3) No i think he was talking mainly about the European colonies. No, the Europeans did not follow his vision, they did the exact opposite and wiped out many tribes from existence.

Extended Activities:
• Treaty of Hartford:

• Treaty was created to settle Pequot war.

• Massachusetts Bay Colony, Connecticut River Colony, and Mohegan and Narragansett were the tribes at the party. The Pequots weren’t even at the signing of the treaty.

• Surviving Pequot prisoners were divided between the tribes.

• 40% of the Pequots were divided among the tribes that attended the party, and 20% were sent to the tribes on Long island who supported the Narragansett tribe.

• Connecticut River (towns) got Pequot lands

• It outlawed Pequot language, name, and any survivors would be called Mohegans or Narragansett.


• No Pequot town/settlement would be allowed