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Question: What were the causes of King Philip's war!?
I don't really get it!. Is it because the English wanted more land!?
or did it have to do with the Pequot war!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Colonist' hunger for land and their heavy-handed treatment of Natives led to one of the most disastrous wars in American history!. The mysterious murder of John Sassamon, a Native liaison between the two groups, resulted in a complete breakdown in relations!.

In 1675, the war, named for the Wampanoag leader Metacom (or King Philip), broke out in the town of Swansea!. Hostilities spread north and west, soon threatening much of New England!.

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