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A 3 page book review of Russell Bourne's The Red King's Rebellion, which recounts the conditions leading up to and including the war between Native Americans and colonists in the seventeenth century. Bourne addresses the position of colonists who argued against cooperation with Native Americans, but also those who argued in favor of maintaining the peace and mutually beneficial trade, offering a balanced view of this interracial conflict. No additional sources cited.
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struggle in his text The Red Kings Rebellion, which attempts to find the reasons behind this conflict and why it erupted after settlers and Native Americans when racial harmony had
been the norm in previous decades. For nearly half a century, the 1620 treaty, which was signed by Massasoit, a tribal leader who it is believed represented he entire Wampanoag
Federation, and Plymouth Governor John Carver, "worked splendidly" (Bourne xii). The cultural disturbances that disturbed this peace began in the 1660s and Bournes book charts the downward path that led
to war. In so doing, he not only addresses the position of colonists who argued against cooperation with Native Americans, but also those who argued in favor of maintaining the
peace and mutually beneficial trade. In exploring this topic, Bourne tends to distrust the account of colonists as propaganda and he draws heavily on the recent work of archeologists,
as well as the expertise of local historical societies in bring this era to life. Along the way he introduces his readers to fascinating characters from history, such as Benjamin
Church and Roger Williams, and, of course, Metacom himself, who became known as King Philip, who was the son of Massasoit, who saw to it that Native Americans aided
starving settlers by sharing their corn (Bourne 1). Whenever it is appropriate, Bourne uses the words of both combatants and contemporary witnesses, which has the effect of making his history
take on the readability of good novel. The text is divided into six chapters in which events are chronologically ordered. He begins by picturing the friendly and often admiring
relations that existed prior to the 1660s, which was a time when Philip was perceived as a somewhat "dazzling figure" (Bourne 1). But then begins to explore how Philip, "that
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