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Connecticut Colony

English colony on the Connecticut River, which went to war with the Pequot in 1637.

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  • Pequot War Apr 1637 the report says Connecticut lacked just grounds for an offensive war before Wethersfield Scholarship & press 1
  • Pequot War 1 May 1637 ordered an “offensive war” on 1 May 1637 Scholarship & press 2
  • Attack on Mistick Fort 26 May 1637 Scholarship & press 2
Timeline 3 dates
  1. Apr 1637 Connecticut Colony intervened in Pequot War
  2. 1 May 1637 Connecticut Colony intervened in Pequot War
  3. 26 May 1637 Connecticut Colony intervened in Attack on Mistick Fort
Proof 2 sources
  1. Battle of Mistick Fort: Site Identification and Documentation Plan, Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center (American Battlefield Protection Program grant). Scholarship & press
    Prior to the events at Wethersfield in April 1637, the Connecticut English did not have just grounds for an offensive war against the Pequot.
  2. Pequot War timeline, Battlefields of the Pequot War, Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center. Scholarship & press
    Connecticut orders “Offensive War” against the Pequot.
    Pequot attack Wethersfield. Nine English settlers are killed in the Great Meadow while at work. Two girls are taken captive.
    At dawn English Allied forces surround the Pequot fortified village at Mistick.
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