Group+2+Conflicts

Group 2 Conflicts **__Conflicts__** There was many conflicts from the time period of 1625 to 1756, whether from the Indians fighting the Europeans, the slaves trying to rebel against the Europeans who were trying to make them work on plantations, or even the more common argument between the urban people trying to get the city people to stop taking land away from them. As you can see there are many conflicts in this time period, some less known but all standing up for the same point, that all people just want to be treated equally and with respect. Here is how these conflicts turned out. **__The Indians and European Conflict__**

One of the first things that happened in the first part of the Indian-European conflict trilogy would be the Pequot war. Which all started in 1636 when the English set a spy on the Indians but when the Indians found out they killed the traitor. The English took that offensively and declared war on the Indians even though it was the English who as you can say dealt the first blow.

Another account of this would be the King Phillips War lasted for 11 years. It lasted from the dates of 1675 to 1686. The war started again mainly because of the Europeans killing and taking the Indians but since the Indians couldn’t tell the difference between a white man who meant no harm, and a white man who would kill them the Indians just started to kill every white settler they saw. Metacom (aka King Phillip) got the name King Phillip because the white settlers just called him that because he was the son of chief who had just recently died. Countless battles took place until finally one night King Phillip was caught on what is now Rhode Island and he was killed by one of his own tribe mates. Shortly after that all of King Phillips men surrendered. So as you can see these are just two prime examples of how the conflict of the Indians and the settlers all had the same effect. The Indians were wiped off the face off the face of the earth. **__Slaves and European Conflict__** There were slaves all through this time period. They all had the same fate. They were captured and taken from their native villages and sold to the white Europeans. Who then would take them and tightly pack them on a journey known as the middle passage. As many as 1/3 of the slaves on the ships would die, but the Europeans didn’t care because as long as some of the slaves survived they would make money. This type of conflict is different because it wasn’t because someone killed someone this was just strictly because of the color of your skin. Yet again though, this is a prime example of conflict between the Europeans and another group of people who didn’t deserve to go through that much pain and suffering.

**__Rural and Urban Conflicts__** Throughout the whole time period of 1625 to 1756 the rural people would fight with the urban people because the urban people just wanted to expand. The rural people had a problem with this though because the urban people kept expanding and taking away the land from the rural people. Whose lively hood depended on them getting more land to farm on. A prime example of this would be Bacon's Rebellion. This was a major conflict that happened in 1676 because the Indians would attack the settlers who were trying to settle and make a home. For a long time the settlers didst retaliate until the settlers got tired of being attacked and had a uprising. Many Indians and many settlers died. The rural peopled asked for help but the urban people didn't care because they weren't dieing so they just left the rural people out in the cold.

This is a conflict that might never go away because even today we are still fighting over land because giant companies are expanding, and rural areas are getting smaller and smaller. As you can see these are three types of conflict in which are very different but are in all are equally of importance. Maybe one day everyone can compromise so we can live in a world without conflict or violence. **//__Citations__//** "ColonialAmerica1625-1756 - Conflict." //ColonialAmerica1625-1756 - Conflict//. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Sept. 2012. . "ColonialAmerica1625-1756 - Rights and Freedom." //ColonialAmerica1625-1756 - Rights and Freedom//. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Sept. 2012. . //PBS//. PBS, n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2012. . "America Becomes Urban." //America Becomes Urban//. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Sept. 2012. .