Historical Events tagged with "king philip's war"
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Josiah Winslow Leads Militia Against Narragansett
Plymouth Colony governor Josiah Winslow commanded a militia of colonial forces against the Narragansett tribe during King Philip's War. This pivotal engagement took place in New England, a region rife with escalating tensions between Indigenous peoples and European settlers. The colonial militia aimed to counteract the Narragansett response to earlier colonial attacks and to assert dominance over the territory they inhabited. This military action was part of a broader struggle for control and survival amidst the hostile backdrop of colonial expansion.
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