About this episode

The episode explores King Philip's War, one of the deadliest conflicts in North American history, and its historical significance.

This is one of the deadliest conflicts in North American History. But who was King Philip? What started the war? And how did it change history? Don is joined by Professor David Silverman from George Washington University to head back to the late 17th century. Edited by Aidan Lonergan. Produced by Sophie Gee. Senior Producer was Freddy Chick. Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe .   All music from Epidemic Sounds. American History Hit is a History Hit podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Don

Guest: Professor David Silverman

Topics covered

• King Philip's War
• North American History
• 17th century
• conflict
• historical change

Keywords

• King Philip
• war
• North America
• history
• 17th century
• conflict
• Professor David Silverman

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Organizations: George Washington University, History Hit, Acast, Epidemic Sounds

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