The following is a page of links to documents on Metacom’s War (also called King Philip’s War), 1675-1676. Use these documents to answer the following question:
Question: What do these documents tell us about the causes of Metacom’s War and about the effect it had on Indian-English relations?
“So Must We Be One…, Otherwise We Shall Be All Gone Shortly”: Narragansett Chief Miantonomi Tries to Form an Alliance Against Settlers in New England and Long Island, 1640s.: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6227
John Eliot’s Brief Narrative (1670) (on “praying towns” of Christian Indians): http://www.bartleby.com/43/12.html
“Various are the reports…of the causes of the present Indian warre”: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=77
(Metacom) King Philip’s War: “Metacom Relates Indian Complaints about the English Settlers, 1675”: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6226
“A Severe and Proud Dame She Was”: Mary Rowlandson Lives Among the Indians, 1675: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5793
“Such Was the Tumultation These Women Made”: The Women of Marblehead Wreak Revenge Upon Indian Captors, 1677: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5835
“I Believe It Is Because I Am a Poor Indian”: Samsom Occom’s Life as an Indian Minister” by Samsom Occom: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5788
Terry Bouton 