History of the United States of America _ 4K Documentary (USA US) part 2
As the 18th century began, numerous settlements continued to grow, with Europe carving out vast swaths of North America for its colonies. These colonial territories were defined by various treaties and agreements between the colonizing nations, often disregarding the indigenous populations and the complex social structures of North America. Many indigenous peoples resisted, seizing opportunities as they arose.
Tribes collaborated both with and against the European settlers, frequently leading to conflict. Raids on settlements were not uncommon, and colonists could not always rely on their colony protectors scattered far and wide. When these actions demanded serious defense, one of the largest and most violent of these wars was King Philip’s War of 1675 in the New England colony.
The war erupted following a major diplomatic failure between the colonists and the Wampanoag tribe. Their allies met with Ibn Massaswet, who had aided the Pilgrims in the Plymouth Colony and had become the general of the Wampanoag Confederation.
He was not as tolerant of the settlers as his father had been, and there were disputes over cattle trespassing on their lands. The Wampanoag lands and the presence of colonial missionaries attempting to convert the Native Americans to Christianity proved to be the final straw for Metacom, who, unlike his father, saw danger only in the settlers on their land and the Algonquin alliance led by Medicum.
This alliance’s influence extended beyond the remote rural settlements of New England to the larger, established towns. With English troops stationed in the colonies absent, the New England militias mobilized to defend their homelands. The militias targeted vulnerable villages, knowing that this would anger the Native Americans and weaken their ability to wage war. Meta was killed in 1676, just one year after the war began.
His death was a harbinger of doom for the Wampanoag, and the Algonquin and their allies ceased to exist. With no leader in the conflict, the situation quickly spiraled out of control in the frenzy of the New England militias, who nearly annihilated the Wampanoag and forced their allies out of New England.
