Mystic Questions.

1. How would you describe relationships between the Puritan settlers and the Pequot before the Pequot War? Why do you think these relationships changed so quickly?

It was the first place the English people started killing natives. The first encounter was positive.  They traded with each other. They were friendly with each other. English thought that their way was the only right way and the natives just didn’t know.

2. Before the arrival of the British, what was the status of the Pequot in the Connecticut River Valley? How would you describe their relationships with other Native American tribes?

The Pequots were feared and the most dominating tribe.

3. Why did the Puritans travel to the New World? What were their intentions upon arrival?

To cleans the Christian religion.

4. Compare and contrast Puritan and Pequot ideas about the following: land and property, division of labor and gender, and warfare? Give examples to back up your discussion.

             The natives felt like they didn’t own the land, they moved around a lot. But the british settlers thought that you had to tame the land and make modifications.

Women were treated as equals. They could speak freely and work out in the freild while the men went hunting. The British Thought that womens were lower then men and

5. In this program, one commentator suggests that the Dutch colonists favored trade, while the British prioritized land. How did the difference in focus shape their interactions with Native Americans, and their goals in the New World?

6. Why were British settlers unhappy with the way Pequot organized their economy and relationship to the land? Do you think there was any validity to their concerns? Who do you think, if anyone, ultimately had the right to decide who should control the land?

The British thought they discovered the land they thought that the Pequot Indians were hostile and that thought of them as trouble -makers.

7. Why do you think the Narragansett and Mohegan tribes fought with the Puritans against the Pequot? Were you surprised by their actions? Discuss.

 Because they were already feuding with the Pequot’ and they made a deal with the Puritans. It isn’t very surprising to me.

8. One commentator, Tall Oak, ponders how the early colonies would have been different if the Puritans had come in peace. How would you answer this question? Do you think a different outcome in relations between the Pequot and the Puritans was possible?

I don’t think that the colonies would have been as successful because they wouldn’t have as much land, but at the same time, they could have use the Natives as friends for trade and protection.

9. How did the Pequot manage to resurrect their community hundreds of years after the massacre? How do you think it would feel to go from devastation to prosperity?

 There were other Pequot tribes. A Pequot made friends with John Winthrop’s son, which was a crucial part in their return. There was a reservation where they could go and just be themselves and have their culture back. A group of Pequots had tried to rebuild their tribes. Later on they got federal recognition and opened one of the most successful casinos in us history.

10. Describe the details of the 1638 Treaty of Hartford, which ended the war. Why was the treaty considered to be cultural genocide for the Pequot?

All of the culture was outlawed and the Pequots practically didn’t exist anymore. Women and children were sold as servants and men were all shipped off as slaves.

11. What sources do you think historians used in order to recount the story of the massacre at Mystic? What sources might you use if you were trying to create a documentary about the early colonies? Do you think this documentary offers a balanced and informed view of the massacre? Discuss.

They probably used primary sources such as journals and logs from the British and or Natives. I would use journals and logs and artifacts to try to piece together the events of the Mystic massacre.

12. How did the massacre at Mystic change the United States?

It started the hatred between Natives and the English. It also was the beginning of racism.