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King Philip's War (sometimes called the First Indian War, Metacom's War, Metacomet's War, Pometacomet's Rebellion, or Metacom's Rebellion) [4] was an armed conflict in 1675–1676 between a group of indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands against the English New England Colonies and their indigenous allies.
Several Wampanoag men attacked and killed colonists in Swansea, Massachusetts, on June 20, 1675, and that began King Philip's War. The Indians laid siege to the town, then destroyed it five days later and killed several more people. A full eclipse of the moon occurred in the New England area on June 27, 1675 (O.S.) (July 7, 1675 N.S.;
More than 50 years later, Wampanoag Chief Sachem Metacom and his allies waged King Philip's War (1675–1676) against the colonists. The war resulted in the death of 40 percent of the surviving Wampanoag. The English sold many Wampanoag men into slavery in Bermuda, the West Indies, or on plantations and farms run by colonists in New England.
Chowanoc War (1675–77) Province of Carolina: Chowanoc: King Philip's War (1675–78) New England Confederation Mohegan Pequot: Wampanoag Nipmuck Podunk Narragansett Nashaway: Colonial victory in southern theatre; Native victory in northern theatre; King William's War (1688–97) France New France Wabanaki Confederacy England Massachusetts Bay ...
The Lancaster Raid was the first in a series of five planned raids on English colonial towns during the winter of 1675-1676 as part of King Philip's War. Metacom, known by English colonists as King Philip, was a Wampanoag sachem who led and organized Wampanoag warriors during the war.
1672–74 – Third Anglo-Dutch War. 1673 – Third Navigation Act regulates intercolonial trade. Virginia land rights given to Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper and Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington. 1674 – East Jersey and West Jersey chartered. 1675 – Outbreak of King Philip's War; Northfield, Massachusetts abandoned.
The book also pulls from oral traditional history — stories, cultural knowledge, and historical accounts — that have been shared with Coombs verbally from Wampanoag and Eastern Woodland elders.
Wampanoag land was guarded against further encroachment by white settlers. So successful were these policies that during the bloody battles of King Philip's War , in 1675-1676, the Vineyard's native population never stirred, although they outnumbered the settlers on the island by twenty to one.