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3. The Narragansetts escaped the epidemics for the most part. Smaller tribes suffered losses and the survivors became a part of the Narragansett tribe. The first documented contact with the Narragansetts took place in 1524 when Giovanni de Verrazano came to Rhode Island. The Narragansetts were one of the most powerful tribes in the area and offered protection to other tribes in exchange for goods or services. They had winter homes and summer homes. In the summer they would move inland for hunting, and in the winter they lived near the shore. Their culture was very similar to that of the Pequots, but they didn’t fare so badly in the wars. They tried to ally with the English rather than immediately being against them.
Scientific evidence shows Mohegan presence in Connecticut for over 10,000 years. At the time of European contact they were part of the Pequot tribe, but they soon separated. Mohegan means “wolf clan” in their language. Men were hunters and went to war. Women were farmers and also did most of the childcare and cooking. Both were storytellers and took part in art, medicine and music. Chiefs were men. Children had a lot of chores, and played games and with homemade dolls. The Mohegans favored collaboration with the English and became friends with them, starting an uneasy alliance. True to their word, they helped the English defeat the Pequots. This alliance kept the Mohegan people relatively safe during white vs. native wars.

3. The puritans traveled to the new land because they wanted to practice a more pure form of their
religion. They wanted to come to America and kind of reset the church.
4. The puritans thought that land was only yours if you built a permanent settlement on it. The Pequot though land was just somewhere to live for a while and then move on. The pequot wondered why the white people were setting up these big settlements. Puritans thought the Pequot men were lazy because in their culture the women would make all the food while the men disappeared in the woods all day. Peqout people thought the Puritans babied their wives. Pequot didn't understand total war. They would kill the men of another tribe and take the women and children. However the Puritans had come from a culture who was often at war and they had this idea that the only way to win was to wipe out everyone from the other side.
5. The Dutch only wanted to trade, they didn't really care about land or expansion. This enabled them to have better relations to the natives. The English were constantly pushing for more and more land. The natives couldn't understand this and it started to cause tension with the natives getting to squished together.



1. John Winthrop's community idea was a perfect christian community but didn't sound like it had much tolerance for other religions. These kind of communities arguably exist today. Spain is like this, very succesful and it has a strong set religion. They are at peace and it seems to work.
2. Winthrop meant that all eyes would be on them. When you're on a hill everybody can see what you're doing and you're the focus.
3. He didn't seem to have any tolerance for others with different veiws. He wanted to convert the Pequot to another religion but instead they killed them.