The 1637 Pequot War occurred in which region?

• A. Narragansett Bay
• B. Long Island Sound
• C. Hudson River Valley
• D. Connecticut River Valley

Answer: (D)

The question tests your sense of where the Pequot War actually unfolded. The fighting took place in and around the Connecticut Colony in eastern New England, with major action along the Mystic River coast and in the Connecticut River Valley. Fort Mystic near the Mystic River and many campaigns clustered in the valley towns show that eastern Connecticut was the war’s core theater. The other regions listed are nearby areas but not where the main battles occurred—the Narragansett Bay area is in Rhode Island, Long Island Sound is a coastal zone it touched but isn’t the central stage, and the Hudson River Valley lies up in what would become New York. So the Connecticut River Valley is the region that best captures where the conflict happened.