• The Pequot War 1: The Geopolitics of New England in the 1630s

  • May 5 2023
  • Length: 39 mins
  • Podcast
The Pequot War 1: The Geopolitics of New England in the 1630s By cover art

The Pequot War 1: The Geopolitics of New England in the 1630s

Listen for free

View show details

  • Summary

  • The Pequot War of 1636-1638 was the first time that Europeans in the lands of today’s United States launched a fundamentally offensive war to reduce an American Indian tribe to ruin. Pious as they were, concerned as they were with God’s favor, the moral athletes of the Massachusetts Bay in the mid-1630s were the first Europeans who pretty much made it their business to wipe out an American Indian tribe.  The question is, why? In this episode and the next, we look at the Pequot War, and the paranoiac misunderstandings that led to the most brutal fighting between Europeans and Indians in North America since Hernando de Soto had raged across Alabama in 1540. [See the episode notes on the website, The History of the Americans, for a map of the Indians tribes in southern New England in 1630 or so, which might be useful for following the action in this episode and the next.] Twitter: @TheHistoryOfTh2 Facebook: The History of the Americans Podcast Selected references for this episode John M. Barry, Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul Francis J. Bremer, John Winthrop: America’s Forgotten Founding Father Alfred A. Cave, The Pequot War Charles Orr, History of the Pequot War: The Contemporary Accounts of Mason, Underhill, Vincent and Gardener Timeline of the Pequot War
    Show more Show less
Show more Show less

What listeners say about The Pequot War 1: The Geopolitics of New England in the 1630s

Average customer ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Audible.com reviews

Amazon reviews
No Reviews are Available