King Philip's War

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17th-century conflict colonial American war war

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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Label Occurrences
King Philip's War canonical 61
King Philip’s War 24
King Philip’s War (1675–1676) 2

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 17th-century conflict ⓘ
colonial American war ⓘ
war ⓘ
casualties high proportion of Native American population killed ⓘ
significant English colonial casualties ⓘ
countryAtTime English colonial America ⓘ
endDate 1678-04-12 ⓘ
followedBy Queen Anne's War ⓘ
surface form: French and Indian Wars in New England
hasAlternativeName King Philip's War ⓘ
surface form: First Indian War

King Philip's War ⓘ
surface form: Great Narragansett War

King Philip's War ⓘ
surface form: Metacom's War

King Philip's War ⓘ
surface form: Metacomet's War
hasCause breakdown of earlier treaties ⓘ
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 ⓘ
John Leverett ⓘ
Josiah Winslow ⓘ
Metacom ⓘ
Metacomet ⓘ
historicalSignificance contributed to expansion of English control over New England ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Maine ⓘ
Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
New England ⓘ
Plymouth Colony ⓘ
Rhode Island ⓘ
mainBelligerent Abenaki ⓘ
Connecticut Colony ⓘ
English colonists ⓘ
Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Narragansett ⓘ
New England Confederation ⓘ
Nipmuc ⓘ
Plymouth Colony ⓘ
Podunk ⓘ
Wampanoag people ⓘ
surface form: Wampanoag

various Native American tribes ⓘ
notableBattle Attack on Swansea ⓘ
surface form: Assault on Lancaster

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 ⓘ
burning of Providence ⓘ
destruction of many Indigenous communities in New England ⓘ
partOf conflicts between Native Americans and European colonists in North America ⓘ
precededBy Pequot War ⓘ
result English colonial victory ⓘ
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 ⓘ
timePeriod 1670s ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Massachusetts Bay Colony → notableEvent → King Philip's War ⓘ
Wampanoag people → historicalEvent → King Philip's War ⓘ
Pequot War → followedBy → King Philip's War ⓘ
Church (surname) → knownFor → King Philip's War ⓘ
subject surface form: Benjamin Church
King Philip's War → hasAlternativeName → King Philip's War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Metacom's War
King Philip's War → hasAlternativeName → King Philip's War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Metacomet's War
King Philip's War → hasAlternativeName → King Philip's War ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Indian War
King Philip's War → hasAlternativeName → King Philip's War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Narragansett War
Colonial America → majorConflict → King Philip's War ⓘ
New England colonial militias → participatedIn → King Philip's War ⓘ
Weetamoo → activeIn → King Philip's War ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Philip’s War
Weetamoo → conflict → King Philip's War ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Philip’s War
Uncas → conflict → King Philip's War ⓘ
Awashonks → associatedWith → King Philip's War ⓘ
Narragansett people → notableHistoricalEvent → King Philip's War ⓘ
Mohegan tribe → participatedIn → King Philip's War ⓘ
Metacom → conflict → King Philip's War ⓘ
Metacom → killedIn → King Philip's War ⓘ
Podunk → involvedIn → King Philip's War ⓘ
Turner's Falls massacre → conflict → King Philip's War ⓘ
Turner's Falls massacre → partOf → King Philip's War ⓘ
New England Colonies → notableEvent → King Philip's War ⓘ
Abenaki → participatedIn → King Philip's War ⓘ
Attack on Swansea → conflict → King Philip's War ⓘ
Attack on Swansea → partOf → King Philip's War ⓘ
Attack on Swansea → hasTopic → King Philip's War ⓘ
Nipmuc → affectedByEvent → King Philip's War ⓘ
Metacomet → conflict → King Philip's War ⓘ
Metacomet → conflict → King Philip's War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Metacomet's Rebellion
Benjamin Church → conflict → King Philip's War ⓘ
Narragansett → involvedIn → King Philip's War ⓘ
Narragansett territory → historicalEvent → King Philip's War ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Philip’s War
British–Native American wars → hasPart → King Philip's War ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Philip’s War
Battle of Bloody Brook → conflict → King Philip's War ⓘ
Battle of Bloody Brook → partOf → King Philip's War ⓘ
Battle of Bloody Brook → relatedConflict → King Philip's War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wampanoag–English conflicts in New England
Siege of Brookfield → conflict → King Philip's War ⓘ
Siege of Brookfield → partOf → King Philip's War ⓘ
Josiah Winslow → conflict → King Philip's War ⓘ
Great Swamp Fight → partOf → King Philip's War ⓘ
Great Swamp Fight → aftermath → King Philip's War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Narragansett join open war against English colonists
Great Swamp Fight → associatedEvent → King Philip's War ⓘ
John Leverett → conflict → King Philip's War ⓘ
Philip (King Philip) → conflict → King Philip's War ⓘ
Philip (King Philip) → conflict → King Philip's War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Metacom's Rebellion
Wamsutta → associatedWithEvent → King Philip's War ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Philip’s War
Pocasset (present-day Tiverton, Rhode Island area) → associatedWith → King Philip's War ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Philip’s War
Pocasset (present-day Tiverton, Rhode Island area) → timePeriod → King Philip's War ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Philip’s War (1675–1676)
Falmouth, Maine (then part of Massachusetts Bay Colony) → conflictExperienced → King Philip's War ⓘ
Falmouth, Maine (then part of Massachusetts Bay Colony) → wasDestroyedIn → King Philip's War ⓘ