Pequot War

In this episode, we examine the Pequot War of 1636–1638, a violent conflict in colonial New England between the Pequot people and an alliance of English settlers from Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, and Connecticut alongside Native allies such as the Mohegan and Narragansett. We explore how trade rivalry, territorial expansion, shifting alliances, and rising tensions between Indigenous nations and European colonists fueled the war, culminating in the devastating Mystic massacre and the collapse of Pequot power in the region. The episode highlights how the conflict reshaped Native-colonial relations, expanded English control in southern New England, and left a lasting legacy of displacement, violence, and resistance in early American history.