1675 CE - 1678 CE: King Philip's War in which thousands are killed as the Native Americans try to defend their land and way of life from increasing European colonization of the Americas.

1675 CE: Native Americans attack Swansea Colony in first strike of the war.

1675 CE: Battle of Bloody Brook; 57 out of 79 colonists killed.

1675 CE: Great Swamp Fight; Colonists attack Narragansett stronghold, killing over 600, mainly women and children; Narragansetts then join war.

1676 CE: Lancaster Raid; Mary Rowlandson taken captive.

1676 CE: Sudbury Fight; last Native American victory of the war.

1676 CE: Battle of Mount Hope; King Philip (Metacom) is betrayed and killed.

1677 CE - 1678 CE: Native American tribes continue King Philip's War without their leader.

1678 CE: Treaty of Casco ends King Philip's War in a colonial victory over the Native American tribes.