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King Philip's War


It had been forty years since the last major warfare between the Puritans and Native Americans. However, great tension still existed. The natives were forced to live under Puritan rule because of the ever-growing population in the colonies. Metacom (known as King Philip to the settlers), chief of the Wampanoag, was tired of having to live by the Puritan rules. In 1675, Metacom organized his tribe and several others into an alliance and prepared for battle.
When the official war began in the spring of 1675, the Puritans were surprised by the intensity. The natives used hit-and-run tactics against the Puritans by attacking and burning outlying settlements of New England. When the natives ...

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in either the American Revolution or Civil War.
The Wampanoag did not get off so very easy either. An English ally killed Metacom and his head was exhibited at Plymouth for twenty years.
As a result of this war, Native Americans never regained power of southeastern New England again. Because of the loss of men, the settlers had to become dependent on its mother country once again. In the long term, the Native Americans and English never became friends and the Native American culture was left poorer than ever and it slowly disappeared.
King Philip’s War was a major turning point in American history. If this war hadn’t occurred, there is a possibility that there would be more Mestizo population, Native Americans would have more power, and there would be more Native Americans in this area of the country.
I feel this, like many other wars, was a bad point in history. No major effects were good and many problems occurred because of this. If people had talked more thousands of years ago, ...

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Added: 7/30/2006 02:09:29 PM
Category: American History
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 382
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