The Aggressors of the Pequot War
In 1889, the state of Connecticut raised a memorial statue of Major John Mason in a spot near where he and his comrades killed 600 Pequot men, women, and children during the Pequot War. A few years ago, the statue was moved to the Palisado Green in Windsor, Connecticut. The statue was moved because the Pequots felt that the English were the aggressors of the Pequot War and had no right to keep their statue on the holy ground where their ancestors were slaughtered. Although the statue was moved, there is still much debate as to who the aggressors were during the war. In order to decide who the aggressors were, one must look before the beginning of this battle to discover the causes of the war. This is important for if one doesn't determine the chronological events of the war, he or she cannot find out who triggered the conflict.
John Stone
Pequot War engraving from Library of Congress
Engraving depicting the assault on the Pequot fort...After studying before 1636, when the war started, it's determined that the English were the aggressors of the Pequot War. To prove the English were the aggressors of this war, the story of the Pequot war will be told, and the story will be linked in order to prove that the English were in fact the aggressors. The English were the aggressors because they made the first attack on the Pequots for an unjust reason.
The story of the Pequot War and the events before and during the war, prove that the English were the aggressors. It all started in the year 1632 when Captain John Stone arrived in Massachusetts on a ship from Virginia. Capt. Stone was bound to travel back to Virginia in a short while. He planned to travel with Capt. Norton who was sailing in through the...