King Philip's War

King Philip’s War: King Philip’s war refers to the series of conflicts between the English colonies and the Wampanoag tribe. Native American leader, Metacom, was known to the English as King Philip. In 1675, three Wampanoags were executed by Plymouth officials. The natives retaliated by murdering English colonists. Metacom led the Wampanoags and their allies in war against Plymouth. Other colonies and tribes soon joined the fight and it became all out war. Victory was won after the colonies joined forces with Native American allies. Eventually, Metacom was hunted down and slain by a Christian Indian and the war was over. The brutality of the conflict created an underlying fear of retributive attacks that would last for decades. A shared sense…

For 50 years the settlers and Native Americans in New Hampshire maintained friendly relations. Even when most of New England was involved in King Philip’s War (1675-1676) between settlers and native people led by the Wampanoag chief PHILIP, New Hampshire native groups tried to remain neutral. But as white settlements increased, so did tensions. The Europeans introduced livestock that often ruined crops in the Native Americans’ fields, and disputes arose over access to traditional hunting and…

King Philip’s War is arguably one of the more brutal wars that go unheard of by Americans that occurred in American History. Sometime’s referred to as Metacom’s War, it was a battle between the Native Americans that inhabited southern New England and the colonists (English) alongside their Native American allies in 1675 and 1676. “King Philip” is the English name given to the Indian chief Metacom believed to have started the war. Metacom, the son of Massasoit, is known for welcoming the English…

From 1675-1676, the New England region was consumed by an abnormally large amount of conflict and tension. A specific battle took place between the Puritans and the Native American Indians, and it became known as King Philip’s War. It was one of the most bloody and violent encounters that has ever transpired in American history. The war has been analyzed and studied by historians for decades, which still have not been able to conclude if the battle was significant or what the legacy was. People…

gave his speech “Eulogy on King Philip” in 1836, the Pequot Indian presented a group of New Englanders with evidence of the group’s own betrayal of the Indian people at a time when, elsewhere in the country, Andrew Jackson and his government brutally expelled thousands of Cherokees and other tribes from their homelands. Apess needed to remind these white Americans of their ancestors’ own participation in the Indians’ downfall. His account of King Philip’s War, meant to serve as this reminder,…

Metacom succeeded his father in 1662 and reacted against the European settlers' continued encroaching onto Wampanoag lands. At Taunton in 1671, he was humiliated when colonists forced him to sign a new peace agreement that included the surrender of Indian guns. King Philip's War started when officials in Plymouth Colony hanged three Wampanoags in 1675 for the murder of a Christianized Indian, Metacom's alliance launched a united assault on colonial towns throughout the…

Leaving behind two children and one daughter who sadly perished in the infamous Indian raid. She is most famous for her spiritually autobiographical captivity narrative, a true historical account of Native American captivity which became a bestselling novel during the 17th century. Mary’s writing style propelled this popular subject matter to heights by driving home the concept of colonial racial superiority. Her importance to history comes from the aftermath of King Philip’s War (aka Metacom’s…

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slowing raising to the top. People from all over Europe began migrating to the new land called New England looking for many different opportunities. From religion, to jobs, and even for land to claim. Now before all of these people started coming, there upon the wilderness of the new land lived these “savages” as the European like to call them. Today we know them as the Native Americans. The Europeans began taking over the new world and kept pushing the Indians to side. Eventually, the Natives…