Summary Of King Philip's War

In the book King Philip’s War by Daniel R. Mandell, Mandell argues that King Philip’s War is the fundamental turning point in the relations between the Indians and Anglo Americans and the Sovereignty of the Indians. This ultimately led to the war known as King Philip’s War.
King Philip’s War talks about the encounters between the Indians, and Europeans from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. It goes into detail about how the relations with the Europeans and Indians went from neutral or allies to enemies. The book talks about how the Europeans took advantage of the Indians and forced hatred upon themselves by betraying the Indians. The main Indian in this book is Metacom and he tries to lead the Indians in war against the Europeans until he is unable to gain allies and is completely destroyed by the Europeans and other Indian tribes.
Mandell talks about the Europeans and the Indians and how they are dealing with each other
Mandell does a great job of introducing the main Indian tribes and European settlements. I already knew some of the European settlements from previous History classes. Some of the information I found interesting were the tribes. I enjoyed reading and learning about the Wampanoag tribe. I know that we also learned the most about this tribe, but I was definitely on Metacom’s side while reading this book because of his persistence and dedication to defending his people and land. I also thought the Mohawk tribe was interesting. I thought the fact that the Mohawk Indians would join the Europeans and help defeat Metacom and the Wampanoag’s’ was just outrageous. The fact that they could not put aside their differences to combat the real enemy of this war just shocked me. When we discussed this information in class and talked about how the other Indian tribes did not realize that the fate of their own tribes would all be the same as the