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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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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Rhode Island region wasPrimarySettingOf King Philip's War
this entity surface form: King Philip’s War