In America, we have freedom of religion and every religion is accepted, but that was not always the case when the Puritans tried to force their religion on the Indians. Religion is a touchy topic in our society today, but not as much as it was when the Puritans first came to the New World and tried to force the natives to their religion. This created a conflict that got so heated it was a cause of war. This conflict makes us wonder, who started the fighting? Did the natives do something to the puritans or did the puritans do something to the natives? The fighting eventually stopped, and that is what shaped our nations religious beliefs today.
In the colonies Puritans believed that God had formed a unique agreement with them. They believed …show more content…
But instead of the native style of warfare, which took hostages, but had a few casualties, the Europeans massacred the Native Americans, including women and children. These terror tactics shocked the First Nation people. This is one of those examples of greed. The settlers wanted all the land and the natives were probably so fed up. First the settlers come, then they force their religion on them, than they attack them. Captain John Underhill wrote about the Pequot War of 1637 in his News from America, showing a sketch of the Puritans, along with their Narragansett allies, encircling and destroying a Pequot village. The colic did not stop there.
Indians started King Philip’s War from 1675 to 1676 as their last major effort to drive out the English settlers. With aggressive expansion of colonist territories, Pokunoket chief Metacom, also known as King Philip, led a bloody uprising of Wampanoag, Nipmuck, Pocumtuck and Narragansett tribes. The fighting lasted fourteen months and destroyed twelve frontier towns, ending shortly after Metacom was captured and beheaded. Some of his supporters escaped to Canada, while others who surrendered were sold into
In the colonies Puritans believed that God had formed a unique agreement with them. They believed …show more content…
But instead of the native style of warfare, which took hostages, but had a few casualties, the Europeans massacred the Native Americans, including women and children. These terror tactics shocked the First Nation people. This is one of those examples of greed. The settlers wanted all the land and the natives were probably so fed up. First the settlers come, then they force their religion on them, than they attack them. Captain John Underhill wrote about the Pequot War of 1637 in his News from America, showing a sketch of the Puritans, along with their Narragansett allies, encircling and destroying a Pequot village. The colic did not stop there.
Indians started King Philip’s War from 1675 to 1676 as their last major effort to drive out the English settlers. With aggressive expansion of colonist territories, Pokunoket chief Metacom, also known as King Philip, led a bloody uprising of Wampanoag, Nipmuck, Pocumtuck and Narragansett tribes. The fighting lasted fourteen months and destroyed twelve frontier towns, ending shortly after Metacom was captured and beheaded. Some of his supporters escaped to Canada, while others who surrendered were sold into