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    Mary Rowlandson Analysis

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    starvation‚ angered by English intrusion upon their land‚ and enraged by the English’s heavy-handed diplomacy‚ New England’s Indians struck back. Mary Rowlandson was the wife of a Puritan minister when‚ in February‚ the village was attacked by the Wampanoags. The Indians burnt down the village and killed or kidnapped its residents. Rowlandson spent nearly three months in captivity before being ransomed. Mrs. Rowlandson was able to persevere the hardships because she openly welcomed the challenges and

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    King Phillip's War

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    hundreds of Indians lose their lives but their survival was jeopardized at the loss of the provisions needed to sustain them during the winter. These conditions had debilitating effects on the Narragansett tribe and their ability to support the Wampanoags tribe and their leader Metacomet. King Phillip had a difficult time recovering from the loss of this powerful alliance. That in conjunction with Capt Benjamin

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    them and spoke broken English. Samoset introduced the settlers to another Indian‚ Squanto‚ who had been to England and knew the language better than him. Squanto reconciled the settlers and the Indians‚ and he introduced them to the leader of the Wampanoag tribe‚ Massasoit. William Bradford then shared how the two groups formed an alliance to work together‚ protect one another‚ and keep peace between them. Following the creation of the treaty‚ the Indians returned to their tribe. However‚ Squanto remained

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    Modern Day Thanksgiving

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    homemade mashed potatoes‚ and creating memories with loved ones are some of the magnificent things about the Thanksgiving season. But how did Thanksgiving become what it is today? According to History.com‚ 1621 was when the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies. Thanksgiving was also made up of three days which included: more eating‚ hunting‚ and entertainment in honor of the pilgrims

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    and sold him into servitude in Virginia. While a prisoner‚ Mary Rowlandson travelled some 150 miles‚ from Lancaster to Menamaset then north to Northfield and across the Connecticut river to meet with King Philip/Metacomet himself‚ sachem of the Wampanoags. Next she traveled up into southwestern New Hampshire‚ south to Menamaset‚ and north to Mount Wachusett. According to Kathryn Derounian-Stodola‚ "Introducing her work in all four 1682 editions was an anonymous preface to the reader‚ signed only

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    in over-seas travel at the time‚ pirates often raided ship and diseases like scurvy and dysentery were rampant. Finally‚ on November 11th ‚ 1620‚ they arrived at Cape Cod‚ then for a few weeks‚ they sailed up to Plymouth Rock. There‚ they met the Wampanoag Indians. Most construction happened

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    For instance‚ the New England colonies established healthy relationships with tribes such as the Wampanoag and the Narragansett tribes. These relations helped open up benefits such as diverse trading and new technology; as a matter of fact‚ these colonies would not have been successful without the native’s techniques on farming. However‚ the Spanish

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    Algonquian languages. Prominent tribes included the Abenaki‚ Penobscot‚ Pequot‚ Mohegans‚ Pocumtuck‚ and Wampanoag. Prior to the arrival of Europeans‚ the Western Abenakis inhabited New Hampshire‚ New York‚ and Vermont‚ as well as parts of Quebec and western Maine. Their principal town was Norridgewock‚ in present-day Maine. The Penobscot lived along the Penobscot River in Maine. The Wampanoag occupied southeastern Massachusetts‚ Rhode Island‚ and the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket.

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    which tolerated Quakers. Metacom: also called Metacomet‚ King Philip‚ or Philip of Pokanoket‚ was an intertribal leader of the Wampanoag and Narraganset. He was born in 1639 and died on the 12th august‚ 1676. He assumed the position of leader of the clan after his father Massasoit died and his older brother the following year. He became the leader of the Wampanoag in King Philip’s War against English colonists in New England. Glorious Revolution: also called the Revolution of 1688‚ resulted

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    begins to approach‚ the food supply begins to run short and there are only a couple houses that are built within a span of one year: not enough for the whole population. Eventually‚ after the horrible winter‚ the Pilgrims meet Native Americans‚ the Wampanoag tribe in the area and they are able to form trading alliances with them which would benefit both parties. A celebration was had between the two parties in the Autumn of 1621‚ this would later be recognized as

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