Native American and European Colonial Relations

A set of flashcards reviewing historical conflicts, alliances, and relations between Native Americans and European colonists based on the lecture notes.

Which Native American tribe was destroyed by the English and their Indian allies during the 1630s as regional economic dominance came to conflict?

Pequot

Who was the Native American leader of the Wampanoag who united his people and formed a pan-Indian alliance with several other tribes?

Metacom

What name was given to the Wampanoag sachem Metacom by the English?

King Philip

What was the most destructive war of the early colonial period between Indians and English colonists, fought over frontier control and encroachment in New England?

King Philip's War

Which Native American uprising significantly hindered Spanish colonization of the Southwest in 1680, resulting in the destruction of many churches and hundreds of deaths?

Pueblo Revolt

Once the Spanish recaptured New Mexico after the Native American revolt, how did Spanish behavior towards the indigenous in the area change?

They became more tolerant and allowed greater religious freedom for Native Americans.

Which war in North Carolina between colonists and Indians was caused by expanding colonial settlement and an increased Indian slave trade?

Tuscarora War

True or False: European colonists and American Indians found few reasons to cooperate, spending most of their time in conflict with one another.

False

What is one reason that Indians and Europeans formed alliances?

To gain military support against rival tribes/enemies.

After Metacom's War, the percentage of Native Americans in New England's population went from about what to what?

About 10% to 2%

How did William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, insist that lands of Native Americans be obtained?

By purchase

Which crucial alliance helped Charles Town survive advances by the Yamasee?

An alliance with the Cherokee

Which British colony would maintain relatively peaceful relations with Native American groups?

Pennsylvania

Which scheme by Pennsylvanians against the Delaware in 1737 was emblematic of the changing relationship between colonists and the Indigenous?

The Walking Purchase