King Philip's War
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King Philip's War was a devastating 17th-century conflict between Native American inhabitants of New England and English colonists that resulted in massive casualties, the destruction of many Indigenous communities, and a lasting shift in regional power.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
17th-century conflict
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colonial American war → war → |
| casualties |
high proportion of Native American population killed
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significant English colonial casualties → |
| countryAtTime |
English colonial America
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| endDate |
1678-04-12
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| followedBy |
French and Indian Wars in New England
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| hasAlternativeName |
First Indian War
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Great Narragansett War → Metacom's War → Metacomet's War → |
| hasCause |
breakdown of earlier treaties
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execution of three Wampanoag men by Plymouth Colony → expansion of English settlements → growing dependence of Native Americans on colonial trade → tensions over land ownership → |
| hasCommander |
Benjamin Church
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John Leverett → Josiah Winslow → Metacom → Metacomet → |
| historicalSignificance |
contributed to expansion of English control over New England
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marked a lasting shift in regional power toward English colonists → one of the deadliest wars in American history by percentage of population killed → weakened political and military power of New England tribes → |
| locatedIn |
Connecticut
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Maine → Massachusetts Bay Colony → New England → Plymouth Colony → Rhode Island → |
| mainBelligerent |
Abenaki
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Connecticut Colony → English colonists → Massachusetts Bay Colony → Narragansett → New England Confederation → Nipmuc → Plymouth Colony → Podunk → Wampanoag → various Native American tribes → |
| notableBattle |
Assault on Lancaster
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Attack on Deerfield → Attack on Swansea → Battle of Bloody Brook → Great Swamp Fight → Siege of Brookfield → Turner's Falls massacre → |
| notableEvent |
attack on Plymouth Colony towns
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burning of Providence → destruction of many Indigenous communities in New England → |
| partOf |
conflicts between Native Americans and European colonists in North America
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| precededBy |
Pequot War
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| result |
English colonial victory
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collapse of major Native resistance in southern New England → death of Metacom → enslavement and deportation of many Native Americans → large-scale dispossession of Native American lands → |
| startDate |
1675-06-20
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| timePeriod |
1670s
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