King Philip's War

Part I of Essay
It had been forty years since the last major warfare between the Puritans and Native Americans. However, great tension still existed. The natives were forced to live under Puritan rule because of the ever-growing population in the colonies. Metacom (known as King Philip to ....

Part II of Essay
.... and one-tenth of the military men were killed. So many men were lost that the casualties were higher in King Philip’s War than in either the American Revolution or Civil War. The Wampanoag did not get off so very easy either. An English ally killed Metacom and his head was exhibited at Plymouth for twenty years. As a result of this war, Native Americans never regained power of southeastern New England again. Because of the loss of men, the settlers had to become dependent on its mother country once again. In the long term, the Native A ....