USA HISTORY

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 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-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -At that time, millions of indigenous people had settled across North America in hundreds of different tribes. But between 1622 and the late 19th century, a series of wars and skirmishes known as the Indian Wars took place between American-Indians and European settlers, mainly over land control.

Detailed explanation-5: -Great Swamp Fight, (19 December 1675), critical battle of King Philip’s War, in which Native Americans fought English settlers and their Indian allies in one of the bloodiest conflicts (per capita) in U.S. history.