“Dark Cloud Rising from the East”: Indian Sovereignty and the Coming of King William's War in New England

2007/11/21 by Jenny Hale Pulsipher · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Alliance #American Constitutional Law and Politics #Ancient history #Bracketing (phenomenology) #Economic history #History #Law #Philosophy #Political science #Politics #Sovereignty #Treaty

paper · pdf · doi:10.1162/tneq.2007.80.4.588

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Abstract

King William's War (1689–97) has long been overshadowed by the wars bracketing it, but it was pivotal to English-Indian relations. As the English violated the treaty promises concluding King Philip's War and ignored Indian sovereignty, Indians turned to the French, establishing an alliance that would characterize the French and Indian Wars to come.

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