SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
FOUNDING OF THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
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Pequot War and King Philip’s War
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Pequot War and Civil War
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King Philip’s War and Civil War
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Civil War and the French & Indian War
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the “Pequot War and King Philip’s War, Both of these are in response to English settlement and expansion, taking of Native American territory, resources, and people. The Pequot war, in 1637, was more of a massacre than a war.
Detailed explanation-2: -King Philip’s War, also called Great Narragansett War, (1675–76), in British American colonial history, war that pitted Native Americans against English settlers and their Indian allies that was one of the bloodiest conflicts (per capita) in U.S. history.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the ensuing conflict, called King Philip’s War, native forces succeeded in destroying half of the frontier Puritan towns; however, in the end, the English (aided by Mohegans and Indigenous Christian converts) prevailed and sold many captives into slavery in the West Indies.