Why were the pequots the focus of european anger in the 1630s?

The Pequots is an Indian tribe that split from the Mohegans-Pequot tribe. They took over great parts of Connecticut in the 1630s rivaling the New England Colonies on the coast. This lead to war in which the Pequots were decimated. Most of them were killed, had to flee or were sold as slaves.

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