America's First Conspiracy

When we think of conspiracies in American history, 17th century Massachusetts is not typically what comes to mind. Nonetheless, proof of a diabolical colonial conspiracy may lie deep within the colonial muster rolls of King Philip's War.

~REFERENCES~

[1] Dennis A. Connole. The Indians of the Nipmuck Country of Southern New England, 1630-1750: A Historical Geography (2001). McFarland & Company Publishing, Page 45-47

[2] Kyle Zelner. Rabble in Arms: Massachusetts Towns and Militiamen in King Philip’s War (2009). New York University Press, Page 71-78

[3] Increase Mather. A Brief History of the War with the Indians in New England (2013 Edition; originally published 1676). Ostara Publishing, Page 15-25

[5] George Bodge. Soldiers in King Philip’s War (1891). Printed for the Author, Page 4-5, 81-88

[6] Bodge, Page 17-21

[7] Zelner, Page 52-55

[8] Zelner, Page 109-115

[9] Zelner, Page 100-107

[10] Zelner, Page 164-166, 214-217

[11] Mather, Page 24-25

[roomtimes]

Seeing Atun-Shei doing a video on King Philip’s War is like bumping into an old friend you haven’t seen for ages. Just feels right, ya know?

[AdmiralRex]

At the beginning, he forgot "The CIA resurrecting Johnny Reb to forever argue with Billy Yank."

[ACompletelyRealHuman]

As a Non-American, I have found that Atun-Shei's video's are the best source of American history knowledge anywhere on the internet.

[Stoneworks]

This is amazingly timed. I’m just finishing up my history thesis on the conflict between Narragansett sachem Miantonomo and Mohegan sachem Uncas right after the Pequot war. It’s an amazingly fascinating time period that doesn’t get nearly enough attention. Cheers to you, Atun-Shei!

[namechanged]

Having family who were on the mayflower went from being a fun little factoid to being like having family who left Germany in 1946 incredibly fast.

[spooky]

Thanks so much for going into the uglier parts of war. You've been a massive inspiration on me as someone who is majoring in history and has a passion for storytelling and film. Keep up the amazing work.

[thinkinaboutpolitics]

As a life-long, lower class Massachusetts Swamp Yankee, this video explains a lot. I've always thought my self-proclaimed social betters wanted to corral me and drop me off somewhere in Worcester County to be rid of me. Some habits die hard, no?

[jerrysmooth]

Atun Shei has been making" war is hell" type videos since fixing gettysburg but the real morning reville is having all these youtubers upload all at the same time.

[craigsurette]

As someone born and raised from 400 years of poor working class rural Massachusetts stock, this video deeply hits home.
We always felt like the rich big city folks treated us "Swampyankees" like trash, and that we were either disposable, or in the way of their grand plans. The information in this video proves this sentiment has been the case for a very very long time.

[firewing]

As a native of Marblehead and Essex County at large, this video was FASCINATING to watch. It's not often that you get people well versed in this subject matter speaking on a relatively layman level. Thank you for this lesson!
PS: Legend tells that Marblehead's first resident was a social outcast of Salem, a drunkard who lived in a barrel. Things haven't changed much since then...

[heliosdelsol]

I’m a huge fan of your “Checkmate Lincolnites” series and admittedly when I clicked on this video, I didn’t really expect to watch more than a minute or two. But there is something about the way you tell stories that just enthralls and entrances. Sure enough I came to the end of the video and thought to myself “Oh that’s all? I could have listened for another hour!”
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[charliebrenton]

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[asbestosfish_]

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[aguywhodoesthings]

12:30 "that guy's dripping too hard! force him to go to war!"

[MrGeremyTibbles]

As someone who grew up in almost every area in Massachusetts this story concerns, this is some fascinating and depressing history.

[misterscienceguy]

Came for the Checkmate Lincolnites and Klaus lore; stayed for the handsome boye talking about Philip's War.

[rustomkanishka]

As someone who isn't American it's rare to find a history channel that doesn't pander to one side or the other when it comes to American history. Can't say I'd heard of King Philip's war anywhere apart from this channel either.
Also, drafting the poor into war seems to be a global tradition. In any army it's usually the poor and the rural poor at it who make up the bulk.
However the American version of it is stunning. I met a Vietnam veteran once whose main love of India stemmed from cheap weed and water buffalo meat that he had gotten in his time in Vietnam freaking out at the foliage and aiding and abetting war crimes.
It seems korma is a cheap alternative to having friends at that age. 'Its a rich man's war but a poor man's fight'. It always has been.

[CT_Irvine_Music]

I'm currently dealing with winter depression in Ireland and for the last 3 days I've been watching your videos.

I just came home from work and you dropped a new video. Thank you so much ❤️

[ianyork]

I actually got my minor field specialty in US religious history of the early republic in my masters program so thanks for discussing this you have been fun to watch through my 5.5 years of college

[philiphockenbury]

I live in Massachusetts and I only hear about this from you. This is saddening. Also it's a little bit weird to be so familiar with all of the locations mentioned because they don't get talked about a whole heck of a lot. So it's funny to hear all of these names and go, "I know that place!"