King Philip's War

King Philip's War was a general Indian uprising in 1675–1676 to resist continued expansion of the English colonies throughout the New England region.

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Indian - 1675 - 1676 - English - New England

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It was the bloodiest of the Indian Wars in terms of relative casualties, and several tribes were virtually or totally eliminated. The war proved a critical turning point by destroying the interdependent world constructed jointly by white colonists and Native Americans and replacing it with a new culture in which native peoples were marginalized and the white settlers were dominant. Six hundred colonists were killed, which included about one-fifth of all the men fit for military service.

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Indian Wars - War

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Philip was the Christian name assigned to Metacomet, the sachem of the Wampanoag Indians. Massachusetts colonial settlers frequently referred to the Native chiefs as Kings.

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Metacomet - Wampanoag

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