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why did Chief Metacomet (aka King Philip) launch a war against the Puritan settlers?


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A jury made up of colonists and Indians found three Wampanoag men guilty for Sassamon's murder and hanged them on June 8, 1675. Their execution incensed Philip, whom the English had accused of plotting Sassamon's murder, and ignited tensions between the Wampanoag and the colonists, setting the stage for war.