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**__KING PHILIP’S WAR: __** An Native American named Metacomet (a.k.a. King Philip) forged a weak alliance between other native tribes in the local Massachusetts area. Metacomet then led a well armed and well organized native army in the destruction of 20 Massachusetts towns and killed 1000 settlers including 1/16th of the white men in the colony. The war greatly the Massachusetts economy and society. The settlers then joined forces with the Mohawks, another local tribe, and the militiamen began attacking villages of Metacomet’s tribes as well as their food supplies. The Mohawks also ambushed Metacomet and brought his head to Boston. The fragile alliance formed by Metacomet soon disbanded after his death. (Tommy Bakken)

__**Charles I of England**__ Charles I was the monarch of England that gave charters for the establishment of the American colonies of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. He was also the king deposed in the English Revolution, and therefore many of his unpopular policies led to some English to immigrate to the New World colonies. Charles I is explained here because his charter for the creation of Massachusetts led to much development in the colonies and creation of new ones as well. (This is Charles I, painted by Anthony van Dyck in 1636) Pavel T and Jack O City upon a hill Massachusetts Bay: The actual saying city on a hill is straight from the bible from Matthew. It was first used in the colonies in Puritan John Winthrop’s sermon. When he was on the ship, //Arbella// he preached to the Massachusetts Bay colonists that their colony would be a city on a hill watched by the worlds. His statement gave rise to American folklore that America is god’s country. This belongs on the Massachusetts Bay page because the statement was used to describe the Massachusetts Bay colony. This is a picture of John Winthrop, the man who coined the phrase from the bible. Mike Solberg

The Dominion of New England was an administrative union of New England colonies that was created by James II. The Dominion was comprised of Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, and with the rest of New England. The Dominion’s major flaw was having one man govern such a large area. This ultimately lead to the Bostonians unseating the Governor Edmund Andros during the Glorious Revolution. The Dominion should be placed under Massachusetts because Massachusetts made up the majority of the land and it also was the place were it was overthrown. This is a map of all the colonies encompassed by the Dominion. (Gibson Odderstol)
 * Massachusetts Bay Company**- In 1606, the Plymouth Company obtained charters from King James I to settle into the northern area of America which included New England and Maine. Led by John Smith, the colony was unsuccessful in the beginning. However, it had a positive reputation in England resulting in more people immigrating to the colony. The society was mostly puritans and believed that Massachusetts was the "city upon a hill." This is under Massachusetts because this company founded Massachusetts. (Brandon Beltran)

the territory the Massachusetts Bay Company had
 * Glorious Revolution**- In 1688, King James II was overthrown by William of Orange and Mary II of England. It was a bloodless revolution that had sparked a revolt in America. In 1689, Boston had overthrown Governor Edmund Andros, who was appointed by King James II. From that point on, Boston ran under separate colonial government. Boston and Plymouth were made royal colonies. Also Church and landowners could now vote. This is under Massachusetts because the Glorious Revolution spread to Boston which is in Massachusetts. (Brandon Beltran)

A painting of the Glorious Revolution
 * Salem Witch Trials**- It began in Salem Massachusetts during the 1690s. It started with adolescent girls accusing their neighbors of suspicious activity. The town of Salem believed that they were practicing witchcraft. Since the town was mostly puritans, they decided to execute anybody they thought were witches. The executing of supposed witches spread throughout America. People who were accused of being witches were usually older widowed woman or woman who had inherited a large amount of property. The Witch trials are under this section because Salem is in Massachusetts, which is where the trials began. ( Brandon Beltran)

A picture of the trial taking place.

Pequot War: This was a war between the Pequote tribe against Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Saybrook, with some other American Indian allys. Many Pequote Indians were killed and the ones that survived were captured and sold into slavery. The cause of the war was a conflict between colonists and the Pequote tribe in the fur trade. The conflict that sparked the war was the attack of a colonist ship. We chose to put this in Massachusetts becuase the war was faught Massachusetts Bay. This is a picture of the Pequot War.