Metacom  
Metacom was the son of Massasoit, the Wampanoag sachem who aided the English settlers at Plimoth in the 1620s. Metacom, known as “King Philip” to the English, succeeded his father as sachem following Massasoit’s death. By the second half of the seventeenth century, English expansion and related injustices severely strained English/Native relations in the region. In response, Metacom organized allied Native nations in a bloody and desperate attempt to reclaim Native peoples’ land and way of life.

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