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Event war Americas

King Philip's War

1675 CE – 1678 CE

The bloodiest conflict per capita in American history. Wampanoag chief Metacom united several tribes against expanding English settlements.

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1675–78 war in New England

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King Philip's War

1675 CE – 1678 CE

The bloodiest conflict per capita in American history. Wampanoag chief Metacom united several tribes against expanding English settlements. The war destroyed 12 colonial towns and killed 5% of New England's colonist population, while devastating Native populations even more severely.

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