Cause - Indian Threats Flashcards
1
Q
When was the first indian war?
A
- Name King Philip War
- 1675-78
- 1/10 all military-age men killed
- Regular attacks in Salem and survivers also moved to Salem
2
Q
How many men were killed in the first indian war?
A
1/10 all military aged men
3
Q
When/what was the second indian war?
A
- King William’s War
- Part of wider Nine Years War 1688-97
- William of Orange fighting against France
4
Q
How did Puritans see the Indians?
A
- Devil-worshippers
- Do anything possible to prevent a godly society from being created
- Allies of the hated French and Spanish
- Treated as subhuman and in need of extermination
- Tituba was Indian
- Caused a deep-seated paranoia
- Devil’s agents in the form of the Indians to punish Puritan settlers
