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By Mr. Casey
Unit 3 , Lesson 3The Major Conflicts of Europeans and
American Indians
AGENDA
New Vocabulary
Native American & European Conflicts
Massacre(noun) the cruel killing of many people
Conflicts
Powhatan Wars (1610-1646)
Pequot Wars (1637)
King Philip’s War (1675-1676)French & Indian War (1754-
1763)
ConflictsPowhatan Wars (1610-1646)
*The Powhatan are angry that colonists continue to cut down their hunting
ground and take their land (First war 1610-1614)
ConflictsPowhatan Wars (1610-1646)
* In 1622 Opechancanough
decides the colonist encroachment must be stopped. Several small skirmishes take place and some massacres
such as the Jamestown Massacre (Second War
1622-1632)
ConflictsPowhatan Wars (1610-1646)
*Opechancanough makes one last effort to push the colonists out of Virginia but it is
too late. The colonists capture Opechancanough and he is killed by a
guard in Jamestown. The colonists begin setting up forts and spread across
Virginia. A treaty is signed in 1646. (Third War 1644-1646)
ConflictsPequot Wars (1637)
*Dutch and English colonists are encroaching on Pequot hunting
grounds
* Small skirmishes and murders create tension between colonists and Pequot
*1637 - The colonies of Plymouth, Massachusetts, and Connecticut decide to
fight together
ConflictsPequot Wars (1637)*The Mohegan, Uncas, and
Narragansett, and others decide to join the English in their fight against the
Pequot
*1638- Treaty of Hartford ends the war
*Mystic Camp is attacked, 600-700 Pequots are killed, including men,
women, and children. The survivors are chased down, killed or given to other
tribes as slaves. Sassacus, leader of the Pequots is taken by the Mohawk,
beheaded and has his head sent to the English.
ConflictsKing Philip’s War (1675-1676)
*Massasoit is friendly with the colonists for more than 50 years
*Massasoit’s son Metacom takes
control when his brother Wamsutta
dies returning from a meeting with the
English.
ConflictsKing Philip’s War (1675-1676)*Metacam isn’t like his father. He sees all
the new colonists as a threat to the Wampanoag.
*The war is bloody. 600 colonists die, 3,000 indians die, villages are burned to
the ground, and many innocent colonists and indians are killed
ConflictsKing Philip’s War (1675-1676)
*The tribes aren’t united and Metacom’s warriors eventually
desert him. He is trapped, killed, and has his head cut off and placed on the English fort at
Plymouth. His family is sold into slavery.
ConflictsFrench & Indian War (1754-
1763)*English colonists want to move west and
expand their colonies. England doesn’t want them to because that means they
will have to protect them (they are already fighting in Europe).
*The French decide to set up forts in Great Lakes area and Ohio River Valley
ConflictsFrench & Indian War (1754-
1763)*Hoping to stop the spread of the French, Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie began granting land to English colonists in the Ohio River Valley. He sends young officer George
Washington with a letter demanding the French leave. This doesn’t work. The colonists and French are involved in several skirmishes, but the poorly trained and equipped colonists
are beaten badly. *The colonists lose several battles to the French (trained soldiers), forcing the British (English) to send troops
ConflictsFrench & Indian War (1754-
1763)
Eventually, with the help of the Iroquois,
the British and colonists defeat
French forts throughout America and capture Quebec.
ConflictsFrench & Indian War (1754-
1763)Eventually, the British defeat
French forts throughout America and capture Quebec.
Treaty of Paris, February 10, 1763, which gave all of North America east of the Mississippi, other than New Orleans, to the British. The French also turned over their claims of New Orleans and the lands west of the Mississippi to Spain, as compensation for Spain's surrendering Florida to the British
The powerful Iroquois nation
joins the English and American
colonists
ConflictsFrench & Indian War (1754-
1763)Treaty of Paris, February 10, 1763, which gave all of North America east of the Mississippi, other than New Orleans, to the British. The French also turned over their claims of New Orleans and the lands west of the Mississippi to Spain, as compensation for Spain's surrendering Florida to the British