1581 CE - 1661 CE: Life of Massasoit, Chief of the Wampanoag Confederacy, whose efforts saved the Plymouth Colony.

1621 CE: Massasoit and governor John Carver sign the peace treaty which will bind Plymouth Colony and the Wampanoag Confederacy together until after Massasoit's death.

1623 CE: Edward Winslow saves Massasoit's life when the chief falls ill, further bonding colonists and Native Americans together.

1661 CE: Massasoit dies and is succeeded by his eldest son, Wamsutta.

1662 CE: Wamsutta dies under suspicious circumstances; his brother, Metacom becomes chief and claims he was poisoned by colonists.

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.