SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE PURITANS
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The Dutch and the English defeated the Pequot tribe
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The English won and were free to expand their colonies.
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The Wampanoag Chief defeated the English and they had to leave the area around Plymouth.
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The Pequot tribe defeated the Dutch and the English
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -How did King Philip’s War end? After 14 months of horrific fighting, the Narragansett were finally defeated in 1676 and their chief was killed, while the Wampanoag and the other tribes were gradually subdued by the colonist army.
Detailed explanation-3: -Explanation: King Phillip’s War was a long and bloody battle between the Wampanoag, led by Metacom or King Phillip, and the English colonists. It was caused largely by the colonists’ desire for territory and the outrage caused by their execution of Metacom’s men.
Detailed explanation-4: -What did King Philip’s War show about colonial society in the late sixteen hundreds? Native American relations were still unsettled and dangerous. The rich in society enjoyed too many privileges at the expense of the poor.
Detailed explanation-5: -What was the result of King Philip’s War? It produced a broadening of freedom for white New Englanders by expanding their access to land. This freedom rested on the final dispossession of the region’s Indians.