The Name of War

The Algonquian Natives have grievances against the colonists that lead them to war. What are two of these grievances, and how did the English respond? Was the Native response justified? 

Indians who can read and write English are held in suspicion by both settlers and Natives. Why is this? 

When the English settlers’ homes are burned down during the war, they feel "naked.” Explain why. 

The European soldiers’ code forbids them from burning towns and villages, yet they set fire to an entire settlement of 3,000 or more Narragansetts during King Philip’s War. How do they justify this action? 

Explain how writing about the war help the settlers recover their “Englishness.” 

Edwin Forrest’s portrayal of Philip in the play Metamora helps define an emerging American personality. Describe two characteristics of Forrest’s performance that epitomize this new style.

Explain how the concept of “inevitability” enables Americans to applaud Philip's attempt to protect his Native homeland, and at the same time allows them to approve of Indian removal from the Southeastern US. 

By the 1860s, America’s love affair with the Indian has run its course, replaced by a renewed contempt for Native Americans. What major events out West change the public’s attitude?