Question

Question 8 of 10

The Pequot War was a result of:
A. the English colonists' attempt to get involved in the fur trade.
B. the Dutch attempting to control most of the fur trade.
C. the English colonists spreading smallpox to the Indigenous
peoples.
D. the Pequot peoples uniting with the Narragansett peoples.
SUBMIT

Answer 1

A

Step-by-step explanation:

The primary cause of the Pequot War was the struggle to control trade. English efforts were to break the Dutch-Pequot control of the fur and wampum trade, while the Pequot attempted to maintain their political and economic dominance in the region.