SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
FOUNDING OF THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
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The settlers were kicked out of New England so the Native Americans could take back their lands
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Neither side was able to defeat the other so they made a treaty that said the English settlers could keep the land they had but that they couldn’t take any more Native American land.
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It destroyed the power of the Native Americans in New England which opened up new land for the colonists
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Both sides ended up destroying each other so that no one was left in New England
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Detailed explanation-1: -The colonial force found the Narragansett fort on December 19, 1675, near present-day South Kingstown, Rhode Island. about 1, 000 troops attacked, including about 150 native allies (Pequots and Mohegans). The fierce battle that followed is known as the Great Swamp Fight.
Detailed explanation-2: -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: -Disputes over land and resources, cultural conflicts, and Native Americans fearing that the English were taking over all factored in. Metacom’s leadership and the execution of his tribal allies helped start a war that was building for some time.