USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The war is named after the Wampanoag chief Metacom, later known as Philip or King Philip, who led the fourteen-month bloody rebellion.

Detailed explanation-2: -Massasoit was the sachem (intertribal chief) of the Wampanoag Tribe, who inhabited parts of the coastal regions of present-day Massachusetts and Rhode Island. In 1621, Massasoit made contact with the Pilgrims living there and set out to ensure peace between the two races.

Detailed explanation-3: -Metacom (also known as King Philip) was the chief of the Wampanoag tribe. He headed the Native American resistance to colonial power in southern New England during the seventeenth century.

Detailed explanation-4: -August 12 is the anniversary of the death of the Wampanoag sachem Metacom, also known as Metacomet or King Philip, the name given to him by the English. His death in 1676 essentially ended King Philip’s War, a violent and bloody conflict between the Wampanoag and English colonists.

Detailed explanation-5: -Metacomet was a Wampanoag whose tribe sought to live in harmony with the colonists at first. He became sachem (chief) in 1662, after the deaths of his father and older brother. As a leader he took the lead in his tribe’s trade with the colonists.