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- 1Spirit of 1676: remembering King Philip's War devastation▼Spirit of 1676: remembering the Native American cataclysm of King Philip’s war
King Philip's War of 1675-1676, fought between Native American tribes of New England and English colonists, is being remembered as a cataclysm that devastated Indigenous communities. The conflict, named after the Wampanoag leader Metacomet, known as King Philip, resulted in enormous loss of life, destruction of towns, and a decisive shift of power in colonial New England.