Unit 3,lesson 3

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)


* 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)


*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


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


1763)

Eventually, with the help of the Iroquois,

the British and colonists defeat

French forts throughout America and capture Quebec.


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


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

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