Metacom War + Consumer Revolution + Dominion of New England + Glorious Revolution

Metacom’s War (King Philips war) 1675

Metacom/King Philiip, leader of the Wampanoags near Plymouth, led other Indians into a widespread revolt against colonists of southern New England

• He allied with other Indian groups and led an attack on the colonists → burned field, killed men, and captured women and children

• Britain called their allies Mohawk Indians to help, they killed metacom

• English won the war and executed rebels

Metacom talked to Attorney General of Rhode Island colony, John Easton before…

Met him in June of 1675

• Metacom complained about the steady loss of his land to the Europeans

  • Cultural misunderstandings between the New Englishmen and the Natives about private property rights - English would fence off land from the Natives from hunting there

• Destruction of Indian crops from colonists growing herd of cattle

  • English livestock roamed on, and ate Natives’ crops

• Unequal justice Indian recieve in English courts

Consumer Revolution (Printing)

• As colonies developed, arts and literature from Europe gained popularity among rich plantation owners in the South and merchants in the North

  • Georgian style of Londone used in colonial homes, churches, and public buildings

  • Benjamin was a popular writer in the 18th century

  • First colonial colleges were sectarian (promoted the doctrines of a particular religious group) - Puritans founded Harvard in 1636

• New and ideas in the colonies circulated by means of a postal system and local printing press

• UNITED ENGLAND AND COLONIES

Dominion of New England

King James II → Authoritarian rule

• practiced Catholic

• Revoked CT and RI charters. Merged with MA Bay and Plymouth to form the Dominion of New England. Added NY and NJ 2 years later

Edmond Andros ruled the Dominion of New England

• Abolished legislative Assemblies, Banned town meetings

• Advocated public worship of Anglican Church

• Abolished MA Bay land titles (Must PAY for new titles)

Glorious Revolution

• King James II had a son where people were scared that his son would continue Catholicism

• Protestant Bishops and Parliamentary leaders invited William of Orange (King James II’s daughter’s husband) to England with his army

• Mostly bloodless revolution

  • William and Mary accept the Declaraction of Rights (empowers the Hosue fo Commons)

  • Ideas of John Locke are fundamental to the revolution

  • Empires of commerce is promoted. Some British oversight, but substantial autonomy

  • Restored colonies (as royal colonies, not charter); restored self-government