2.17 Peace and the Legacy of King Philip’s War

The tide begins to shift as the colonists take control of King Philip's war.
 
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This week we follow the events of 1675. As the Indians keep up with their hit and run tactics, the colonists struggle to gain their footing in the war.
 
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After years of tension between the Plymouth colonists and the local tribes, the situation finally reached a tipping point in June 1675. What ensues over the next month would assure that King Philip's war would not be contained to just Plymouth but instead would become a major regional conflict.
 
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This week we look at the conditions in New England just prior to the outbreak of King Philip's War. The New England colonies continue to push back against royal prerogative, setting up what was likely an inevitable confrontation just before the events of King Philip's War take place. 
 
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This episode we look at the final days of Bacon's Rebellion. We examine how the English deal with the situation once they arrive in the colonies, and how Governor Berkeley adjusts to the changing dynamic. We then spend the second half of the episode looking at the legacy of Bacon's Rebellion and attempting to put it into the context of the American colonial experience.
 
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This week the fight moves back to Jamestown for a final encounter between Berkeley and Bacon. The outcome is going to leave everybody looking at a new political future for the Virginia colony.
 
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As Bacon's Rebellion continues we are going to watch Governor Berkeley continue to make misstep after misstep as he fights to regain control of his colony and avoid becoming completely isolated in Virginia.
 
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Following being named a traitor, Bacon and his men move on Jamestown. What ensues is a series of mistakes and blunders by Governor Berkeley that will move Virginia from a minor civil disturbance to an open rebellion.
 
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This week we explore the run-up to Bacon's Rebellion. With colonists already pushed to the breaking point as a result of excessive taxation, conflict erupts along the frontier between settlers and the local tribes. The government’s response leaves the colonists looking elsewhere for protection, protection they would find in Nathaniel Bacon.
 
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This week we begin the first part in a series looking at Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia. Our examination starts by looking at the larger picture in Virginia since the restoration that helps to explains why the colony was so ripe for a rebellion to take place.
 
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Following the end of the third Anglo-Dutch war, New York was officially an English colony. What emerges is a struggle between the colonists and the royal government for representation. At the same time, Edmund Andros fights to secure the economy of the colony in light of new English restrictions.
 
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This episode we explore the transformation of New Netherland into New York, as well as look at the rise of Edmund Andros.
 
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This week we look at an attempt to establish a feudal government in the new Carolina colony.
 
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This week our story heads back to the South. With Spanish influence waning the English decide to venture into the vast amount of land between Florida and Virginia.
 
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This week we are jumping back a bit and properly introducing the Province of Maryland. Originally founded to be a Catholic colony by Lord Baltimore, the colony sought to avoid the difficulties that plagued early Virginia and Plymouth.
 
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