King Philip's War: Conflict Between New England And Native Americans
King Philip’s War
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King Philip 's War
King Philip 's War, it was one of the first and bloodiest conflicts between the colonist of New England and the Native Americans, primarily the Wampanoag Indian tribe. There were massive casualties on each side, all of which were caused by fighting and disease. King Philip 's War, had began out of almost forty years of tension between local native tribes of Massachusetts and puritan colonists of Massachusetts. Each side felt as if they had no choice but to remove the other or certain annihilation of their people would inevitably happen. Political leaders on both the Indian and Colonist side reinforce this stance of “It 's them, or us”. This massive fear, and group mentality, lead to unanimous call to action with little or no actual evidence, mainly speculation, assumptions, and …show more content…
Their economy was disrupted immensely and many outlying towns that brought many trade goods from the natives woodlands were destroyed. Luckily for the Puritans their organized government and productivity and relatively low death rate, they soon replaced many of their losses. But their success brought them unwanted attention from the British royal government. For the colonists of New England, this is a bittersweet situation, before the war they never received any attention from the motherland at all, it was considered just to be an English outpost ; Now the British seek to exploit the material goods and profit for their authorities own gains after their victory against the natives. An example of their intrusion into New England would be the establishment of the Anglican church in Boston, Massachusetts in 1684. This would formally end the Puritans religious monopoly they had in New England and allow more loyal English men to have connections and power to Britain through the Anglican
Hist. 146
King Philip 's War
King Philip 's War, it was one of the first and bloodiest conflicts between the colonist of New England and the Native Americans, primarily the Wampanoag Indian tribe. There were massive casualties on each side, all of which were caused by fighting and disease. King Philip 's War, had began out of almost forty years of tension between local native tribes of Massachusetts and puritan colonists of Massachusetts. Each side felt as if they had no choice but to remove the other or certain annihilation of their people would inevitably happen. Political leaders on both the Indian and Colonist side reinforce this stance of “It 's them, or us”. This massive fear, and group mentality, lead to unanimous call to action with little or no actual evidence, mainly speculation, assumptions, and …show more content…
Their economy was disrupted immensely and many outlying towns that brought many trade goods from the natives woodlands were destroyed. Luckily for the Puritans their organized government and productivity and relatively low death rate, they soon replaced many of their losses. But their success brought them unwanted attention from the British royal government. For the colonists of New England, this is a bittersweet situation, before the war they never received any attention from the motherland at all, it was considered just to be an English outpost ; Now the British seek to exploit the material goods and profit for their authorities own gains after their victory against the natives. An example of their intrusion into New England would be the establishment of the Anglican church in Boston, Massachusetts in 1684. This would formally end the Puritans religious monopoly they had in New England and allow more loyal English men to have connections and power to Britain through the Anglican