King Philip's War - 2 NBC NEWS LEARN VIDEOS

King Philip's War (1675) was fought between

• Native American tribes of New England and English colonists
• Spanish conquistadors and English settlers
• Dutch traders and Portuguese explorers
• Native American tribes of New England and French colonists

Who was King Philip in the King Philip's War (1675)?

• The leader of the British colonial forces

• The king of England during the war

• Chief Metacom of the Wampanoag Indians

• A Spanish explorer involved in the conflict

Who gave Metacom of the Wampanoag Indians the name "King Philip"?

• the French

• the English

• the Wampanoag Indians

• the French

Prior to King Philip's war (1675), why were tensions between the Plymouth Colony and the Wampanoag starting to develop?

• The Plymouth Colony refused to trade with the Wampanoag

• The Wampanoag demanded that the English colonists convert to their religion

• Because the Plymouth Colony was expanding and placing more demands on the

  Wampanoags

• The Wampanoag were consistently attacking English settlements unprovoked

True or False: Metacom/King Philip's father the leader of the Native American tribe that famously made a treaty with the Pilgrims during the first Thanksgiving

• True

• False

True or False: English leaders mocked Metacom by giving him the name King Philip

• True
• False

Why did Metacom/King Philip's Wampanoag and allied tribes attack the English colonists?

• To expand their territory into colonial lands

• In response to encroachment on their lands and attempts to impose English laws on the tribes

• Because they were hired by rival European powers to attack the colonists

• To capture and enslave English settlers for labor

True or False: Extreme violence and atrocities were committed by both the English colonists and the Native Americans in King Philip's War (1675)

• True

• False

What happened to King Philip/Metacom at the end of King Philip's war (1675)?

• He was captured and sent to England as a prisoner

• He escaped and continued to lead raids against the colonists from a secret location

• He was granted a peace treaty and allowed to live with his remaining followers

• He was killed by an English colonial militia and his body was mutilated as a warning to other Native Americans

What happened to the Native Indian's involved in King Philip's war (1675)?

• They successfully negotiated a peace treaty that allowed them to keep their lands

• They were assimilated into the English colonies as equal citizens

• They were all granted new territories by the English colonists in the future state of Oklahoma

• They were either killed, sold into slavery, or displaced from their lands