Comarison of the bias over the Pequot War in four different US History textbooks.

The Americans and The Enduring Vision have entirely different views on the cause of the Pequot War. In The Americans it stresses that the Puritans were attacking Native American nations for two reasons: their land and their difference in religion. The book states: "Rather than convert the Native Americans, the New England colonists set out to remove or destroy native societies." (56). Consequently the Pequot nation decided to "take a stand against the colonists" (56) for not …

…an outcome for each. "Many colonists lost their lives, but the Indians suffered greater defeats." (123). The textbooks bias on the Pequot War is irrefutable. The Americans and The Enduring Vision have contrasting views on every element of the Pequot War. The Americans tends to look at things from an Indian point of view, while The Enduring Vision describes things from an English perspective. The only book that finds a happy medium is Land of Promise.