Do Now – 7 minutes
 Look
back at your notes from Friday. Why
did the Puritans decide to come to the
Americas? Do you think they had a good
reason? Why or why not?
 Last
week, we discussed Roger Williams,
who said that the Puritans should take the
Indians’ land, but should pay them for it.
Do you agree with Williams? Why or why
not?
Native
Americans in
New England
August 15
Puritans & Massasoit
 Over
1/2 of Pilgrims died in first winter
 Massasoit offered advice for an alliance
 1st Thanksgiving
Puritans & Land
 Believed
God wanted Christians to have
the land
 Tricked many into giving up land
 Fined Indians for violating English law
The Impact of Smallpox
 Smallpox
epidemic killed off many Indians
 Had no tolerance built up

“Without this remarkable and terrible stroke
of God upon the natives, we would have
with much more difficulty have found
room, and at a far greater charge have
obtained and purchased the land.”
 Smallpox

severely weakened the Indians
Made some convert, or give up hope
Pequot War
 In
1636, Puritans accuse Pequots of
murdering an English trader.
 Puritans and Pequots burn eachothers’
villages.
 Rival tribes helped the Puritans.
 By 1638, Pequot nation is wiped out.
“Praying Towns”
 Puritans
want to convert the Indians
 Indians wanted a way to survive
 Puritans created 14 “praying towns”



Wore traditional English clothing
Gave up hunting, and farmed instead
Women stayed in the house
King Phillip’s War
 Metacom



son of Massasoit
educated by the Puritans
Called King Phillip by the Puritans
 Puritans
forced Metacom to give up all his
tribes’ land
 Metacom ended his alliance with Puritans
King Philip’s War
 Indians


started off strong
Used English weapons
Destroyed 12 Puritan towns
 Indians
ran out of ammunition
 Puritans destroyed Indian crops
King Phillip’s War
 Metacom
asked Iroquois Confederacy for
help
 But Iroquois wanted to be dominant
Indian nation
 Joined the Puritans to defeat Metacom
 Killled Metacom in 1676
 Puritans sold his wife and children into
slavery
 Bloodiest war in American history (per
capita)
Individual Work – 10 mins
 Divide


class into 1’s and 2’s
1’s: You are a Puritan. Write a persuasive
letter to the Native Americans explaining why
they should give up their land.
2’s: You are a Native American. Write a
persuasive letter to the Puritans explaining
why they should stop trying to take you land.
 Use
your notes and think of what the group
you are writing to might want/need. How
could you get them to give up?
Create a Skit – 20 minutes
 Partner
with someone who was a different
number.
 Read your letters to each other.
 Create a skit debating your points about
what should happen to the land.
 Use details from the notes (Praying towns,
illnesses, war, etc).
 Each character must have at least 7 lines.
Presentation of Skits – 15 mins
 Presentations!!!
Exit Quiz – 8 minutes
1.) What was the bloodiest war per capita
in American history?
2.) What were “Praying Towns”?
3.) Name one reason why the Puritans were
able to win King Phillip’s War.
Exit Quiz
4.) Which of the following was NOT true about King
Phillip?
His real name was Metacom
He was raised largely by the Puritans
He was the leader of the Iroquois
His wife and children were sold into slavery
5.) What impact did smallpox have on American
history?