Question

Which event started the Pequot War?

Colonists in Providence wanted Narragansett lands.
Pequot Indians killed an English trader, which led to conflict.
Colonists offered to help the Pequot conquer the Narragansett.
New England colonists raided the food supplies at a Pequot f

Answer 1

Answer: Pequot Indians killed an English trader, which led to conflict.

Explanation: As tensions grew between all parties, the murder of trader John Oldham by the Manisses Indians of Block Island in July 1636 resulted in a military response by the English of Massachusetts Bay that led directly to the Pequot War, the first battlefield site defined as Battlefields of the Pequot War.