King Philip Metacom's War

In his essay, “Peaceable Kingdom Lost: The Paxton Boys and the Destruction of William Penn’s Holy Experiment” Kevin Kenny argues that conflict between Europeans and Native Americans was indeed inevitable. William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, attempted a sort of “holy experiment”; a utopian land of equality and peace. Kenny argues that, despite the fact that “…Penn purchased land from Indians fairly and openly,” he did not do so for the Natives’ sakes (29). He had an agenda to sell the land to settlers and pay off prior debts. Still, Pen did want harmony and peace with the neighboring tribes and his legacy endured through hundreds of years (30). Despite William Penn’s efforts in creating a peaceful land with equality for settlers and natives alike, it all came to an end in a massive collapse eighty years later when the Paxton Boys entered the scene. The Paxton Boys were made up of a group of 50 or more “frontier militiamen” who went around to Native American villages, massacring whole tribes and then seizing and claiming the Natives’ lands for themselves (Kenny 29). Because these “Irish ruffians” or “squatters” weren’t really punished for killing entire Native American villages, other colonists started to follow suit and violent seizure of Native American lands became the norm. Kevin Kenny’s argument states that any chance of peace through William Penn’s vision was condemned by “…European colonists’

One of the first relationships between the English colonists and the Native Americans was a peaceful one; the two groups tried to help each other with the resources they had. In Document 6, A Relation of the Indian War, it refers to some grievances that the Natives had. It says, ”[King Philip] constrained other Indians from ronging the English, and gave them Corn and shewed them how to plant.” This example of peace goes all the way back to the early English colonization of Plymouth. The Natives offered a helping hand to the newly arrived English, who had very little. Since the Natives referenced an early sign of peace, Document 6 supports a peaceful relationship between the Natives and English colonists. Also, in Document 1, Proceedings of the Virginia House of Burgesses, it refers to how the English colonists are educating and converting some Native American children. It states, “A certain number of the natives' children to be educated by them in true religion and a civil course of life.” This shows that the English colonists were being nice to the Natives. The Natives’ children were being educated and the English were spreading their

The argument placed in Mandell’s book is stated in the Prologue. It states “...King Philip's War was ultimately a war of sovereignty as well as land,”(3). The supporting points are separated throughout the book. Mandell includes multiple primary resources, such as Mary Rowlandson’s account of being captured; hopefully, showing the English that the Natives were serious about their land. Not only does Mandell use Rowlandson’s account, he also refers to many of the colonists journals and publications afterwards.

In William Bradford’s Of Plymouth Plantation, Bradford describes the relations between the natives and the English as more civil. One advantage may have been that some of the Natives knew how to speak some English, so there was less of a communication barrier between them. When the two groups interacted, there were immediately rules set in place such as “1. That neither he nor any of his, should injure or do hurt to any of their people…6. That when their men came to them, they should leave bows and arrows behind them” (Bradford 123). Bradford continues to mention that these rules were followed for twenty-four years. He portrays the

Jamestown colonists signed the Treaty of Chickahominy in 1614, which guaranteed that Native Americans would pay an annual tribute of corn to Jamestown (“Jamestown and the Indians: The First Decade.”). Jamestown depended on the tribute because much of their agriculture focused on the cash crop, tobacco (“Jamestown and the Indians: The First Decade.”). In 1616, Openchancanough ordered the natives to withhold their annual payment (“Jamestown and the Indians: The First Decade.”). When Natives claimed the tribute had already been payed, the English opened fire killing between 20 and 40 Natives (“Indian Wars List and Timeline.”). Jamestown’s demands again ended in a blood bath. In contrast, John Carver of Plymouth and Massasoit signed a peace treaty which guaranteed a true allegiance (“The Colonies | Plymouth.”). The treaty assured mutual protection from harm, respect for property rights, and assistance in time of war (“The Colonies | Plymouth.”). It remained in affect from April 1, 1621 until the King Phillip War in 1675 (“Indian Wars List and Timeline”). While both settlements sought treaties, Jamestown used aggression to advance themselves and Plymouth used negotiation develop a peaceful

King Philips War took place from 1675-1676. This was not a long war, but was very devastating for both the Native Americans and colonists. This war took place in New England, and was the most devastating war between the Native Americans and colonists during this time (Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia 2016). King Philip wasn’t even a king during this war, and there was no involvement from a King Philip. The name King Philip came from the son of Massasoit that the English called and also the chief of the Wampanoag tribe, his name to the tribe was Metacomet, Metacom, or Pometacom (Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia 2016). Many factors led up to this war. The Native Americans did not always show hate to the colonists, but once Metacomet came to power

The arrival of the ‘foreigners’, as referred to by the Native Americans, turned a new stone in Native American diplomacy. No longer did they have to only deal with neighboring tribes, as they were forced to endeavor into politics with strangers who were looking to take their land. The first relationship between the pilgrims and the Native Americans began with the Wampanoag tribe. The relations between the two groups paved the view that the pilgrims had towards the Indians. The decently friendly relationship that stood between the two groups was short lived as the pilgrims felt that the indians were getting in the way of their expansion; and shortly after the friendship ceased to exist (Bell, 37).

King Philip (Metacom)- was a Wampanoag chief also known by his English name King Philip. He used his influence to try to push out the colonists of New England in what came to be known as King Philp’s War.

When the first European colonists arrived in 1620 on land in the New World, a disaster was forming. Arriving in what is known today as Massachusetts on The Mayflower, the settlers didn’t have enough experience surviving cold, harsh winters causing almost half of the settlers to die that had arrived on The Mayflower. This had changed in 1621 with the help of the Native people. The American Indians had started teaching the English people how to do many things including harvesting and growing crops. This help from the Native’s had led to the first Thanksgiving between the two groups. These two societies, however, didn’t remain friends. The English settlers had kicked off the American Indians of their own land and tried to make them convert to Christianity. The English settlers had also brought diseases from Europe causing many Indians to get very sick and even some die.

At the start of the film After the Mayflower: We Shall Remain, the English and the Native Americans celebrated the first Thanksgiving together in 1621. Both groups of people seemed trusting of each other and showed personal respect. At this time the Wampanoag Indians had the power and chose to use it to form a treaty with the weak English Pilgrims. The two groups shared everything and traded their assets with each other. As the film continued there was an obvious change in power to the English with more and more Puritan immigrants from Europe arriving. By the end of the movie the English decided to use their power to control all lands instead of keeping the treaty with the native people. The English “thanksgiving” at

The film, “After the Mayflower” gives an outside look at the relations between the Wampanoag and the Pilgrims. Although it mostly revolves around these two small communities, an explanation of how the British and other native tribes coexisted is also given. The topical overview of the two contrasting entities is one that starts with jubilation but eventually transforms into the indigenous peoples’ downfall. Interdependence personified the groups’ early relations until the Pilgrims grew stronger and much less dependent on the Wampanoag. As they saw less use for the natives with each day’s passing they began to assert their dominance and laws, thus creating a hostile disconnect between the white man and its native opposition.

Personal connections that are or are not developed with the Indians is a topic that both Morton and Bradford discuss. The Pilgrims’ initial encounter with the Indians is tense and there is an air of skepticism about what type of people they are, good or bad. Since they need to live together in a peaceful way, the Pilgrims create a treaty between themselves and the Indians so that there would be no misunderstanding about the expectations and trust each group needs to have with one another (Bradford 88). Morton views this in a different way; instead of believing that this is a mutual agreement between both communities, he feels that the treaty is forcing the Indians to act the way the Pilgrims want them to act (104). There is room for

Metacomet was born in 1639 massachusetts. His dad was massasoit. He had two uncles named akkompoin and quadequina. He had one brother named wamsutta. He was also known as king philip or philip of pokanoket.

The concept of American national identity has been one of the founding structures that unifies the group of people that that call and consider themselves to be American. Since the “founders” of this nation settled in New England their patriotism has been celebrated. The legendary story of how the Puritan Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock seeking religious freedom is often taught to young children as a way to help them learn one of the key narratives in the formation of the nation. The story is even more glorified when linked to the greatly loved holiday of Thanksgiving, where the peaceful Pilgrims eat a peaceful meal with the friendly Indians. However, it is never told of how the friendly Indians were betrayed, used, degraded, and in many cases, defeated by the peaceful Pilgrims. During the 19th century, a time of Indian removal and other forms of structural oppression, William Apess addressed how that portion of history was neglected to be told and therefore took matters into his own hands to give the proper historical moment to Native Americans. The hidden and untold story of violence of the Pilgrims continues to this day.

"Fishes live in the sea where big fish eat the little fish as men do on land: Sulu proverb" (Arnold, 2011). "The Moro War" tells the story of American occupation in the Philippines. During the first part of the book, the author focuses on General Leonard Wood who was the first governor of Zamboanga. James Arnold's gives a detailed description of the landscape of Mindanao, Palawan, Basilian, and the archipelago.