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c. 7000 BCENative American ancestors of the Wampanoag tribes begin to establish permanent settlements in the region of modern-day New England.
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c. 1000 CECorn is introduced to the Wampanoag tribes from the south; agricultural initiatives lead to more permanent settlements.
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c. 1581 CE - 1661 CELife of Massasoit, Chief of the Wampanoag Confederacy, whose efforts saved the Plymouth Colony.
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22 Mar 1621 CEMassasoit and governor John Carver sign the peace treaty which will bind Plymouth Colony and the Wampanoag Confederacy together until after Massasoit's death.
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1675 CE - 1678 CEKing 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.
