In colonial New England, King Philip's War begins when a band of Wampanoag warriors raid the border settlement of Swansea, Massachusetts, and massacre the English colonists there. ... In early 1676, the Narragansett were defeated and their chief killed, while the Wampanoag and their other allies were gradually subdued.
The stamp tax was an increase in taxes on commodities for the colonies in North America. These increases gave no added benefit in return, like representation in government.
