How King Philip’s War Destroyed Colonial Rhode Island | Historical Context

This episode of Historical Context explores the devastating inferno of King Philip's War from 1675 to 1676, revealing how the Wampanoag and Narragansett uprising shattered the peaceful "lively experiment" of Rhode Island, culminating in the brutal Great Swamp Fight, the burning of Providence, and an absolute demographic catastrophe for the indigenous populations of New England. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistoricalCP Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.historical.context/ Fife and Drum byKevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/