• Beaver Wars- ongoing to control Great Lakes fur trading • Remember Champlain allying with Huron against Iroquois? • The Iroquois backed by English/Dutch fought with many Huron backed by the French • Iroquois won and greatly expanded their territory Powhatan Wars- series of 3 wars against the English in Virginia, all starting with the conflicts with Jamestown settlers early on • Jamestown settlers- settled on their land • At first, they traded. • Tensions grew; Pocahontas “saves John Smith” and starts bringing food, gifts, trading, etc. • John Smith leaves, trade stops • English start raiding villages for food to survive • Kidnapped Pocahontaspeace • Tobacco ruined the land for Powhatans • 1622 (new chief) attack Jamestown, killing 347 settlers; settlers responded by raiding & burning villages for 10 years; all Powhatan driven from their land Copied every word? Do 20 arm circles SILENTLY Then, read your notes out-loud Pequot War 1636-1637 Roger Williams had paid Narragansett for the land/treaty Pequot & Dutch had trading control in region (England wanted in) Pequot allegedly killed a couple of English traders English burned a village and killed natives in search of murderers English asked Narragansett (Williams had paid them for the land) to ally with them (rivals for land control with Pequot) “Mystic Massacre” (500-600 Pequot were burned alive/killed) Pequot lost; killed, sold into slavery, or taken by Narragansett Copied every word? Do 15 push-ups SILENTLY Then, read your notes out-loud King Phillip’s War 1675-1676 “Last Native American Stand” • Metacomet, Massasoit’s son, of the Pokanoket Wampanoag banded several tribes together to take back their land • Native Americans had become dependent on trade with settlers, but had less & less power and were forced to sell land, sign treaties, give up weapons, etc. • Wamsutta (Metacom’s brother) died mysteriously in English captivity • 3 Wampanoag were executed for the death of a colonist • Metacomet & followers raid settlements (destroyed Swansea and killed basically everyone there) • Colonists retaliated by destroying native villages • Narragansett joined Metacomet after their village was destroyed by colonists in the “Great Swamp Massacre”- 500-700 killed (men, women, and children) Every word? 15 toe-touches SILENTLY Read your notes out-loud King Phillip’s War 1675-1676 “Last Native American Stand” • Fighting lasted 14 months and destroyed 17 settlements (over half of NE’s 90 were damaged); 3,000 natives and 600-800 colonists died in battle (can’t find total numbers) • Williams tried to broker peace, but failed, and the Narragansett burned Providence • Other tribes sided with the English (including Pequot & Massachusetts) • Metacomet was captured and beheaded- (head was mounted and displayed in Plymouth); Chief of Narragansett also killed in battle • Some surviving tribe members fled to smaller groups, some were sold into slavery • Colonization could continue basically unchallenged Every word? 15 toe-touches SILENTLY Read your notes out-loud.