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Pocahontas story
Disney: Another view: http://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/pocahontas
Early Wars 1620-30s
Tidewater Wars-VA colonists vs. Powhatans.Bacon’s Rebellion;Powhatans placed on reservations-lost all lands.
Pequot War-MA colonists vs PequotsOther NA tribes ally vs. PequotsPequots not killed enslaved and shipped to Bermuda.
King Philip’s War 1675-76● Metacom-Leader of Wampanoags, angered by Puritan
conversions of his people● Tries to forge NA alliance of all NE tribes.● New England colonists fight back● 7 out of 8 Natives in New England were killed (6 out of
13 colonists also died)● Metacom was killed- drawn and quartered and his head
put on display outside Plymouth.● Braintree High’s mascot: “The Wamps”
Tuscarora War 1711-1715
● North Carolina colonists vs. Tuscarora● Colonists keep raiding Tuscarora for slaves● Tuscarora fight back● NC allies with another tribe to hunt and kill
Tuscarora● Tuscarora placed on a reservation
Yemassee War 1715-1717
● South Carolina colonists vs. Yemassee and Red Stick (Ochose) Creeks.
● Yemassee and Ochose had a policy of killing all white settlers they encountered.
● South Carolina militia organizes to fight back.
● Yemassee driven out, join the Seminoles in Florida.
Mid to late 1700sNative Americans mostly removed/pacified along the coast inland to the Appalachian
Mountains
We have French vs. British fighting
● Both sides have colonists, but not many● Both sides have soldiers, but not many● Both sides have Native American tribes in
“their” territories.● Native American tribes get involved as allies
on both sides○ Now why would they do that?
Three approaches to these alliances
French● Trading partners● Military alliesBritish● Savages● Useful, but not
needed
Native● Supplies of
weapons● Source of wealth● Source of captives● Way to keep
settlers from their lands
Native Americans take sides
French● Wabanaki Confederacy,
Algonquin tribes, Abenaki, Míkmaq, Mohawk, Lenape, Ojibwa, Ottawa, Shawnee, and Wyando tribes
British-Colonists● the Iroquois
Confederacy, Onondaga, Oneida, Seneca, Tuscarora, Mohawk, Cayuga, Catawba and Cherokee tribes
War
● Over control of the Ohio River Valley region● 1754 Britain sends Lt. George Washington
and some soldiers to tell the French to get out. He loses.
● 1756 war is declared. Britain lures away French allies, and France retreats into Canada where it loses to the British-Colonial-Native alliance.
War
● Fighting is brutal--lots of nastiness all around● Colonists think they need to get together
about this. ● 8 colonies sent representatives to meet in
Albany to try and form some kind of union to coordinate their soldiers.○ Fail.○ But Ben Franklin makes a cool cartoon...
Aftermath
● France, Britain and Spain send representatives to negotiate the Treaty of Paris. (Notice who is not included…)
● North America is re-partitioned and France is out. Britain gains Florida and some islands and Northern Canada. Spain gets the Louisiana Territory.
Aftermath cont.
● Britain has a massive debt problem○ Taxes on the colonies are going up
● Britain is a wee bit paranoid about their colonies
● Britain decides to keep lots of soldiers in North America.○ Colonists have to feed, clothe and house them
Native Americans post war
● Ohio Native Americans sign a separate treaty with Britain○ They had been hoping France would win, because
they thought it would be easier to beat France down the road.
● The treaty calls for Britain to give up Ohio and prevent settlement there.○ Britain went back on its word.