SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
FOUNDING OF THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
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anger over English attacks on Spanish ships
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loss of Native American land to English settlers
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French claims of territory along the St. Lawrence River
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English attacks on New Amsterdam
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Detailed explanation-1: -King Philip’s War resulted from the resentment of colonial expansion and almost ended the colonial presence in the area. Ultimately, the Native Americans were forced off their ancestral land and extensive colonial expansion began to be promoted.
Detailed explanation-2: -The colonist army burned villages as they went, killing women and children. The war decimated the Narragansett, Wampanoag and many smaller tribes, paving the way for additional English settlements. Thousands were killed, wounded or captured and sold into slavery or indentured servitude.
Detailed explanation-3: -The underlying cause of the war was the colonists unrelenting desire for more and more land, but the immediate cause for its outbreak was the trial and execution of three of Metacom’s men by the colonists.
Detailed explanation-4: -The colonists retaliated by destroying a number of Indian villages. The destruction of a Narragansett village by the English brought the Narragansett into the conflict on the side of King Philip, and within a few months several other tribes and all the New England colonies were involved.
Detailed explanation-5: -King Philip’s War, which was extremely costly to the colonists of southern New England, ended Native American dominance in the region and inaugurated a period of unimpeded colonial expansion.