For 1639 we covered big events in British North America: the first execution of a native person, the first post office, and the first bible printed in the colonies. We sip, laugh, cry, and just try to hold on to the ride that is American history.  

Sources:  

https://postalmuseum.si.edu/richard-fairbanks%E2%80%99-tavern-and-post-office

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/brief-history-united-states-postal-service-180975627/  

https://facts.usps.com/

Works Cited

Ammerman, D., & Howard, R. (2022). Great Puritan Migration. Retrieved from EBSCO:

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/great-puritan-migration

Brilvitch, C. (2026). The Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe. Retrieved from Bridgeport

Library: https://bportlibrary.org/hc/south-end/the-golden-hill-paugussett-tribe/

Connecticut Humanities Project. (2026). Causes of the Pequot War. Retrieved from

Connecticut History: https://connecticuthistory.org/causes-of-the-pequot-war/

Connecticut Humanities Project. (2026). Pequot War. Retrieved from Connecticut

History: https://connecticuthistory.org/topics-page/pequot-war/

Gordon, N. (2022). Settlement of Connecticut. Retrieved from EBSCO:

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/settlement-connecticut

Montanga, J. (2026). Colonial American History and Material Culture. Retrieved from

Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute:

https://teachersinstitute.yale.edu/curriculum/units/1978/4/78.04.02/3

National Park Service. (2022). The rise and fall of New Netherland. Retrieved from

National Park Service: https://www.nps.gov/mava/learn/historyculture/new-

netherland.htm

The Society of Colonial Wars. (2026). Colonists from Massachusetts meet the

Quinnipiac Indians. Retrieved from The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of

Connecticut: https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1638_quinnipiac_indians.htm

The Society of Colonial Wars. (2026). The Pequot War. Retrieved from The Society of

Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut:

https://www.colonialwarsct.org/1637.htm

Victoria Sutton, P. (2025). Alls fair in War? Retrieved from Native News:

https://nativenewsonline.net/opinion/all-is-fair-in-war

Wood, W. (2026). William Wood's Impressions of New England Natives. Retrieved from

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Zinn Education Project. (2026). May 26, 1637: Pequot Massacre. Retrieved from Zinn

Education Project: https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/pequot-massacre/

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