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King Philip’s War

British-Native American conflict
Also known as: Great Narragansett War
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Jason W. Warren
Major Jason W. Warren graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1999 and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Military Police Corps of the U.S. Army. He served as a Platoon...
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King Philip’s War, (1675–76), in British American colonial history, war that pitted Native Americans against English settlers and their Indian allies that was one of the bloodiest conflicts (per capita) in U.S. history. Historians since the early 18th century, relying on accounts from the Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies, have referred to the conflict as King Philip’s War. Philip (Metacom), sachem (chief) of a Wampanoag band, was a son of Massasoit, who had greeted the...

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