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Conflict Americas

Pequot War

1636 CE – 1638 CE · 2 years

The first major conflict between New England colonists and Native Americans. The Mystic Massacre nearly annihilated the Pequot people, setting a pattern of devastating colonial warfare against indigenous nations.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • New England colonists & Mohegan/Narragansett allies
  • Pequot tribe

Key moments

Defining events in the Pequot War.

  1. 1637 Mystic Massacre
  2. 1637 Battle of Fairfield Swamp

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Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1636 CE and 1638 CE.

1637 CE Shimabara Rebellion

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

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