King Philip's War 1675-76: America's Deadliest Colonial Conflict

Accounts of history's greatest conflicts, detailing the command strategies, tactics and battle experiences of the opposing forces throughout the crucial stages of each campaign King Philip's War 1675-76 America's Deadliest Colonial Conflict King Philip's War, named after the Native American Wampanoag chief (also known as Metacomet), was the greatest calamity to strike 17th-century New England, and the deadliest war in the history of American colonization. Native American resentment at the accelerating loss of their culture, the acquisition of their land and their subjugation to settler law, plus the devastation of imported diseases led to 12 of the region's settler towns being destroyed, and over half attacked and damaged. As panic spread, the economies of the Colonies suffered greatly. To overcome their Native American foes and protect their settlements, the colonial authorities were forced to act in unison, and this war is often seen as marking the beginning of an independent American identity. The colorful illustrations in this work bring the events of 1675-76 strikingly to life, as, 400 years on from the foundation of Plymouth Colony, author Gabriele Esposito charts the origins and development of the conflict that threatened to destroy colonial New England. Book jacket.