"It was a fearful sight to see them thus frying in the fire... and horrible was the stink and scent thereof; but the victory seemed a sweet sacrifice, and they gave the praise thereof to God, who had wrought so wonderfully for them, thus to enclose their enemies in their hands and give them so speedy a victory over so proud and insulting an enemy." — Captain John Mason, A Brief History of the Pequot War (account of the Mystic Massacre, 1637)
What was a major consequence of the Pequot War for southern New England?
- Acheck_circle
Near-destruction of the Pequot nation, opening the Connecticut Valley to English settlement
- B
The voluntary withdrawal of all Dutch traders from the lower Hudson Valley
- C
A Crown order revoking the Massachusetts Bay charter for excessive violence
- D
Establishment of a permanent Pequot tributary state allied with New France
Explanation
The war's destruction of the Pequot, capped by the Mystic massacre, removed a major Indigenous power from the Connecticut Valley and accelerated English expansion into the region.