King Philip's War
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King Philip's War
King Philip's War refers to an armed conflict between colonists in New England and the Native Americans of the region of the Wampanoag tribe. Their leader, known as Metacom or Pometacom is referred to by the English as 'King Philip', hence the term. The armed conflict lasted from June 1675 to August 1676. Pometacom became 'sachem' - the paramount chief of the Wampanoag and related tribes including the Nipmuck, Podunk, Narragansett and the Nashaway. The colonists traded with the natives because they needed supplies, they preached to them and competed for resources with them, including the most important resource - fertile territory. Since colonialization, conflict had always been part of the tension but the treaty with former sachem Massasoit, Metacom's father allowed for 'peace' of over 50 years. But those years saw encroachment of colonial territories further inland, pushing back native populations and forcing them to give up former lands and territories to colonists. When Metacom took over ...
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