Basic Info:

After seeing plantation success in the Caribbean, the Carolina colony, specifically of Barbados where indentured servant and slave numbers were very high. Sugar was a main crop source for the colony. The name was to honor King Charles II. 

Purpose: 

The main purpose was to have a plantation colony, much like those south of Carolina, though the land was much different than that of Barbados. The colonists feared war with other frontier colonies as well as a slave rebellion, as they had transferred many slaves over to start work on the plantations and built up the African population in the area. 

First Encounters: 

The colonists knew they needed to keep the Africans and Indians apart. They had hope to manipulate tribes against each other, as well as to the French. They had forced Natives to return runaway slaves, which many complied with for a reward and continuous trade rather than conflict with the colonists. It was even observed from an Englishman that the Carolinians wanted to become ‘absolute masters over the Indian.’ 

Impact:

Eventually, the Carolina colony had split into two main regions, and both are now known as North Carolina and South Carolina. By selling land cheaply to encourage many settlers, their colonies were able to grow immensely

Cause: 

After three Wampanoag men were executed by Plymouth Colony in 1675, English settlements in New England were attacked. The New English colonies responded by calling out militia forces and attacking Narragansett settlements in Rhode Island.

Basic Info:

The Wampanoag and Narragansett struck back and burned Providence. The New England forces responded and King Philip’s forces were no match for them. King Philip was killed at his stronghold, Mount Hope, late the next year. New England and its Indian allies won the war but at a great cost to both sides. The Wampanoag and Narragansett tribes were almost completely gone, with little survivors. English villages and towns suffered severe damage such as burnings and only about a tenth of the soldiers died. 

Impact:

The story of the first Thanksgiving starts well, but it ends with this war. At the end of the war, Philip’s head was cut off and mounted on a stake and left in Plymouth for several years as a warning to other tribes of the consequences. What started as a mutual friendship ended with the English forgetting their past alliance and prompting the Natives to war, ending their relationship with betrayal.