SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE PURITANS
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Southern New England was taken back by Powhatan Indians.
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The blue laws of the Puritans were abolished.
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In proportion to its population it is considered to be the deadliest war in American History.
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Southern New England saw the last major effort by Native Americans to drive out the English settlers.
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Detailed explanation-1: -King Philip’s War-also known as the First Indian War, the Great Narragansett War or Metacom’s Rebellion-took place in southern New England from 1675 to 1676. It was the Native Americans’ last-ditch effort to avoid recognizing English authority and stop English settlement on their native lands.
Detailed explanation-2: -The war is seen as a final attempt to drive out the colonists and is considered the deadliest war American has ever seen. The colonist army burned villages as they went, killing women and children. The war decimated the Narragansett, Wampanoag and many smaller tribes, paving the way for additional English settlements.
Detailed explanation-3: -Description. Sometimes described as “America’s deadliest war, ” King Philip’s War proved a critical turning point in the history of New England, leaving English colonists decisively in command of the region at the expense of native peoples.
Detailed explanation-4: -The arrival of the Europeans meant a drastic change for the Native Americans. Together with diseases which decimated the native population, the English settlers also brought an alien culture and religion and more advanced technology.
Detailed explanation-5: -It was a total war fought in the backyards of both sides, that made no distinctions between warriors and civilians. The scale of the event was tremendous in terms of amount of death, territory, and participation-as this was a war fought by men, not trained soldiers and by families not just Indian warriors.