Scott Foresman, Social Studies, Fifth Grade, Native American and European Conflicts

1. Major Conflicts of
Europeans and Native
Americans
UNIT 3: LESSON 3- Mr. Casey

2. AGENDA
● VOCABULARY
● DISCUSSION OF MAJOR
CONFLICTS

3. MASSACRE (Noun)
● The cruel
killing of
many
people

4. MAJOR CONFLICTS
Powhatan Wars
(1610-1646)

5. POWHATAN WARS (1610-1614)
POWHATAN: The Native Americans
are angry because colonists in the
Chesapeake Bay area are taking
their land and cutting down trees in
their hunting grounds.

6. Jamestown, Virginia
● Jamestown,
Virginia

7. POWHATAN WARS (1622-1632)
POWHATAN: Opechancanough, a
Pamunkey war chief, begins a
campaign to rid Virginia of settlers.
He organizes attacks in 1622
(Jamestown Massacre) and 1644 to
punish English colonists.

8. POWHATAN WARS (1622-1646)
POWHATAN: Opechancanough
lives to be about 100 years old. He is
captured by the English and killed
while he is in jail at Jamestown.
A treaty is signed in 1646 ending
hostilities

9. MAJOR CONFLICTS
Pequot War
(1637)

10. PEQUOT WAR (1636-1637)
PEQUOT: The tribe feels threatened
by the encroachment of English and
Dutch settlers near the Hudson
River.

11. Massachusetts and Connecticut
*Massachusetts
& Connecticut

13. PEQUOT WAR (1636-1637)
PEQUOT: Small skirmishes between
the Pequot and English lead the
Pequots (led by Sassacus) to attack
Fort Saybrook and other English
Settlements along the Connecticut
River during the winter of 1636 and
1637

14. PEQUOT WAR (1636-1637)
ENGLISH: A force of 80 Englishmen
and allies from the Mohegan,
Narraganset, and Niantic tribe head
out to protect English settlements.

15. PEQUOT WAR (1636-1637)
ENGLISH: The force surrounds and
attacks a Pequot camp (Mystic) and
kills between 600 and 1,000 men,
women, and children.
Survivors are chased down and killed
or sold into slavery

16. PEQUOT WAR (1636-1637)

17. PEQUOT WAR (1636-1637)
ENGLISH: In July, 1637, Sassacus
escapes and seeks refuge with the
Mohawk.
The Mohawk behead him and have
his head sent to the English to show
their support.

18. MAJOR CONFLICTS
King Philip’s War
(1675-1676)

19. KING PHILIP’S WAR (1675-1676)
WAMPANOAG: Massasoit, leader
of the Wampanoag, had been
friendly with the English in the early
1600s.

20. KING PHILIP’S WAR (1675-1676)
WAMPANOAG: In 1661, Massasoit
dies and his son Wamsutta takes his
place.
His son Wamsutta (Alexander) dies
after a peace council meeting with
the English and his brother Metacom
(Philip) takes on the role of sachem.

21. KING PHILIP’S WAR (1675-1676)
WAMPANOAG: Metacom dislikes
and distrusts the English because
they continue to expand into
Wampanoag land and make
demands.
He decides to unite the tribes and
attack English settlements.

22. KING PHILIP’S WAR (1675-1676)
WAMPANOAG: The tribes attack
parts of Plymouth, Boston, and
Connecticut.
The English try to divide and conquer
by bribing other tribes, but most of
the tribes stick with Metacom.

23. KING PHILIP’S WAR (1675-1676)

24. KING PHILIP’S WAR (1675-1676)
WAMPANOAG: Fighting takes the
lives of more than 600 colonists and
3,000 Native Americans.
Eventually, Metacom is killed. His
head is cut off and put up at Fort
Plymouth and his family is sold into
slavery.

25. MAJOR CONFLICTS
French & Indian War
(1754-1763)

26. French and Indian War (1754-1763)
American Colonies: *Between 1700 and 1750
the population of the colonies goes from 250,000
to 1.25 million people.
Americans (English colonists) want to move west
into the Ohio River Valley and expand their
colonies.

27. French and Indian War (1754-1763)
England: England doesn’t want them to move
west because that means they will have to protect
them (they are already fighting in Europe). They
also don’t want them raising their own army.
FRENCH: French settlers feel threatened and
begin building more forts throughout the region.

28. French Forts

29. French and Indian War (1754-1763)
ENGLISH: *Hoping to stop the
spread of the French, Lieutenant
Governor Robert Dinwiddie began
granting land to English colonists in
the Ohio River Valley. He sends
young officer George Washington
with a letter demanding the French
leave. (1753)

30. French and Indian War (1754-1763)
ENGLISH: *George Washington’
s forces build Fort Necessity, but
are defeated and lose the fort to
the French (1754)

31. French and Indian War (1754-1763)
AMERICANS: *Ben Franklin and others
try to unite the colonies at the Albany
Congress:
Three Reasons:
● Get the Iroquois on the English side
● Unite the colonies to protect colonial
land from French and N.A
● Pass taxes to get funding for protection

32. French and Indian War (1754-1763)
*The colonists lose
several battles to
the French (trained
soldiers) and N.A
forcing the British
(English) to send
more troops

33. French and Indian War (1754-1763)
*Eventually, the King
and Parliament send
troops and the powerful
Iroquois Nation joins
the English; helping to
turn the tide of the war

34. French and Indian War (1754-1763)
*The British capture
Quebec (1759), the
French stronghold. It
would be a major
victory for the
British.

35. French and Indian War (1754-1763)
Treaty of Paris, February 10, 1763, which gave
all of North America east of the Mississippi,
other than New Orleans, to the British. The
French also turned over their claims of New
Orleans and the lands west of the Mississippi to
Spain, as compensation for Spain's
surrendering Florida to the British

36. French and Indian War (1754-1763)

37. French and Indian War (1754-1763)
DO YOU SMELL REVOLUTION?
The war puts England in a great
amount of debt. In order to make
that money back King George and
Parliament begin placing heavy
taxes on the colonists to pay for the
war.

38. BIG IDEAS
Settlers and Native Americans had many conflicts
-The majority of conflicts were about land and resources
-Native Americans often sided with the settlers to help
defeat neighboring tribes
-These wars increased the power and land claims of
Europeans settlers and weakened most tribes