The Wampanoags the people of the first light
BEFORE THE PILGRIMS CAME, the Indians lived a perfect life. With a wealthy society, land and power.
Meanwhile the pilgrims belief wasn't as strong as the Catholic Church wanted them to have.
Every thing we have is a gift from our creator
This caused the pilgrims to get kicked out from Britain.
Your behavior is not accepted in our country! you need to move out!
SEPTEMBER 1620 We're They started there trip to America.
Where are we now supposed to go?
You choose the wrong belief!!
Meanwhile in America people started to die because of diseases they got from people of the Old world.
Why god why?!
We're finally here!
After 3 months of long traveling the pilgrims finally arrived in America.
The pilgrims started to build their new society and the Indians were watching.
After a while Indians and pilgrims met. We should work together
Sounds like a good idea!
The pilgrims where very thankful to the Indians for helping them survive. So they invited them to a dinner to say thanks to the Indians. This happened to be the first thanksgiving.
Thanks for having us!
Here you go. Thank you!
Massasoit and pilgrims make their first alliance We should work together.
The English leader showed respect and kindness and give Massasoit the medicine representing the relationship and they were allies and friends. Than k you for your charity, I will never forget .
Wampam ,a new kind of mon3y for exchange.
For the Indians the wampam, had a spiritual value and for the pilgrims the wampam was just money.
The wampam had different meanings for Indians than for pilgrims.
In Spring 1630, 100 pilgrims come to Massachusetts by ship.
Pilgrims come to the colonies expecting to just take space and occupying them
the population of the pilgrims grew from 300 to 20,000.They started to live and build new towns.
As the English population grew bigger the Indians became weaker
European countries such as France and Britain, started to establish an empire in America,which were called New England and New France.
The English found the Pequot as an enemy for their expansion.
In spring 1637, the English destroyed the Pequot , the strongest power of the Indians.
The war begin!
The war started when officials in plymouth colony hanged three wampanoags for murdering a christianized indian
The Indians went to war which lasted 14 months
This was the last major effort by the indians of new england to drive out the english settlers
We must get rid of the english
They destroyed 12 frontier towns
The Natives had become increasingly dependent on English goods, food, and weapons, and their bargaining power diminished as the fur trade dried up
The Wampanoag have lost the war and many natives are running away some have been captured and sold to be slave and the chef king Philip (Metacomet) has run into the forest to find refuge.
You see me! this is my land now'
The pilgrims start war with the Wampanoag and they Wampanoag had lost many and are losing the war heavily. The king Philip (Metacomet) was found and killed the war is officially over as the pilgrims chopped of his head stuck it in a stick.