jan 2, 1675 - Metacom's War starts

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- New England worried about becoming "indianized" and Natives fear "anglicization"
- New Englanders also moving farther away from the coasts, encroaching on NA land
- King Phillip/Metacom starts war to keep their land, way of life, "indianess"
- Destroyed all or part of 25 out of 90 New
England villages
- Enlist many tribes (inc. Wampanoag,
Narangasett)
- 1676, New Englanders enlist Pequot to attack, TURNING TIDE OF WAR
- In the end, a tenth of New England population is killed or injured, and natives become viscously suppressed

PRAYING TOWNS
- English missionaries est. towns for NA to coexist with Europeans in New England
- SOME natives converet to Christ. and settle on farms, but are still treated as SECOND CLASS CITIZENS

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