Metacom's War

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military
gptkb:war
gptkbp:aftermath expansion of English colonial territory
devastation of Native American communities
enslavement and displacement of Native Americans
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Metacomet's_War
gptkb:King_Philip's_War
gptkb:First_Indian_War
gptkbp:casualties high on both sides
gptkbp:cause colonial expansion
execution of three Wampanoag men
mistrust between colonists and Native Americans
tensions over land and resources
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Connecticut_Colony
gptkb:Massachusetts_Bay_Colony
gptkb:Plymouth_Colony
gptkb:Nipmuc_tribe
gptkb:Narragansett_tribe
gptkb:Wampanoag_Confederacy
gptkb:Mohegan_tribe
gptkb:Pequot_tribe
English colonists
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Josiah_Winslow
gptkb:Benjamin_Church
gptkb:John_Alderman
gptkb:Metacom
gptkbp:endDate 1678
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:French_and_Indian_Wars
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Colonial_America
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Metacom's War
gptkbp:impact led to stricter colonial policies toward Native Americans
changed balance of power in New England
gptkbp:location gptkb:New_England
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Metacom
gptkbp:notableParticipant gptkb:Awashonks
gptkb:John_Sassamon
gptkb:Mary_Rowlandson
gptkb:Canonchet
gptkb:Weetamoo
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Pequot_War
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Attack_on_Swansea
gptkb:Attack_on_Lancaster
gptkb:Battle_of_Bloody_Brook
gptkb:Battle_of_Turner's_Falls
gptkb:Death_of_Metacom
gptkb:Great_Swamp_Fight
gptkb:Siege_of_Brookfield
gptkbp:result Colonial victory
gptkbp:significance one of the deadliest wars in American history by percentage of population
gptkbp:startDate 1675
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:King_Philip's_War
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6