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This 5 page paper argues that the two colonies (Massachusetts and the Chesapeake Bay) though they were in different parts of the country, were actually much more alike than is usually thought. Support for this claim rests on the colonists' cultural relations with the Native Americans, specifically King Philip's War and Bacon's Rebellion. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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but scholarship suggests otherwise. This paper argues that the two colonies, though they were in different parts of the country, were actually much more alike than is usually thought. To
support this claim well examine the colonists relations with the Native Americans from a cultural viewpoint, specifically through the mechanisms of King Philips War and Bacons Rebellion. Discussion King
Philips War and Bacons Rebellion were both struggles between the Native Americans and the colonists and they share many points of similarity. First and foremost, perhaps, is the cultural clash
between the colonists and the Natives. In New England, the Puritans tried to convince the Indians to give up their traditional way of life and adopt English customs: "Because the
English could not conceive of permitting the Indians to remain independent and culturally autonomous peoples, they had to convert or die".1 Missionaries tried to persuade the Indians to give up
their traditional ways and "adopt the Puritan pace and mode of work, which meant long days of agricultural labor."2 The Indians wondered why they should bother, as their corn was
just as good as the colonists and they had more fun, and the English conceded they had a point.3 However, the Native Americans who were able to stand up to
the pressure put on them by the Puritans were generally members of the larger, autonomous tribes, such as the Narragansett, the Wampanoag and the Mohegan; members of less powerful bands
like the Massachusett and Nipmuck learned the English ways and became what were called "praying Indians."4 These converts were disliked by the other tribesmen and distrusted by the settlers, who
didnt believe they were going to give up their traditional ways so easily.5 Tensions grew, and the stage was set for a bloody struggle. The violence was precipitated by whites,
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