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Rough Draft - 1 views

Why is King Philip's War left out of multiple history books? Why do many overlook such a potent part of the past? Few realize the sad truth of the first Thanksgiving and the broken promises that ca...

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Civil War - 0 views

Merriam Webster's online dictionary defines civil war as "a war between opposing groups of citizens of the same country" (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary).

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The Mayflower and the Pilgrim's New World - 7 views

Great work on your research!

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King Phillip's Civil War: Civil War in New England, 1675-1676 - 2 views

"Philip's supporters believed that in exchange for their loyalty that they could rely on Plymouth as a kind of protectorate. Events of the 1660s and 1670s, however, made it clear to the Wampanoags ...

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King Philip's War: The Conflict Over New England - 4 views

"Although the regional conflict that resulted in the war had developed during the half century since the English had arrived, the colonists defeat of the Native American fight for independence mark...

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The Name of War: King Philip's War and The Origins of American Identity - 4 views

"Always brutal and fierce, King Philip's War, as it came to be called, proved not only to be the most fatal war in all of American history but also one of the most merciless." (Jill Lepore pg. 6) R...

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King Philip's War: Colonial Expansion, Native Resistance, and The End of Indian Soverei... - 4 views

The colonist and native leaders both jostled for power and land. On top of that, the colonists abused land use. The pigs and cattle that they brought over reproduced quickly and needed a large amou...

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King Philip's War: Colonial Expansion, Native Resistance, and The End of Indian Soverei... - 5 views

"The two people also had very different contexts for and understandings of this agreement. The English saw it as a formal treaty that, as in the European tradition of diplomacy, bound by signatorie...

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King Philip's Civil War: Civil War in New England, 1675-1676 - 3 views

According to James Drake, the colonists suffered casualties of approximately 1 to 5 percent where as the Indians suffered about 40 percent of their population. Scholars in the last forty years beli...

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King Philip's Civil War: Civil War in New England, 1675-1676 - 6 views

"Looking closely at the political culture of the Indians and the English, we see that Philip sought to preserve the people's sovereignty by incorporating them into the English political system. The...

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