dc.contributor.author	Hall, Garrett DeWayne
dc.coverage.spatial	Central and North America -- United States	en_US
dc.coverage.temporal	1590-1750	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2016-05-13T16:06:55Z
dc.date.available	2016-05-13T16:06:55Z
dc.date.issued	2016-05
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10428/2174
dc.description.abstract	Benjamin Church was a Puritan from colonial New England. Church moved to the frontier where he befriended many of his Native American neighbors. Through those friendships, Church was able to pass between the cultural boundaries that separated native England and the Puritan settlements. Church maintained his loyalty to his Anglo- American community and his Christian faith, but also developed an appreciation for many elements of Native American culture. When King Philip’s War broke out between the New Englanders and several groups of Native Americans in the last quarter of the seventeenth century, Church fought for the English colonies. However, Church adopted many of the tactics he had learned from his Native American friends and used them against his enemies. Instead of following Native American allies into battle, Church recruited	en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents	I. INTRODUCTION 1 II. THE PEQUOT WAR: IDENTIFYING COLONIAL DEPENDENCE ON NATIVE AMERICAN ALLIES 23 III. BENJAMIN CHURCH: TWO WORLDS AND THE FOUNDATION FOR A TRANSCULTURAL MILITARY COMPANY 49 IV. BENJAMIN CHURCH: THE FORMATION OF A TRANSCULTURAL MILITARY COMPANY DURING KING PHILIP’S WAR 81 V. BENJAMIN CHURCH’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO KING WILLIAM’S WAR AND QUEEN ANNE’S WAR: THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE AMERICAN GUERILLA FIGHTER 103 VI. BENJAMIN CHURCH’S LEGACY: GORHAM, ROGERS, AND THE CONTINUED USE OF AMERICAN GUERLLIA FIGHTERS IN COLONIAL NEW ENGLAND 132 BIBLIOGRAPHY 158	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	Thesis, Academic	en_US
dc.subject	History	en_US
dc.title	Benjamin Church and the Origins of American Rangers	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US
dc.contributor.department	History	en_US
dc.description.advisor	Haggard, Dixie R
dc.description.committee	Dunn, John P
dc.description.committee	Crowley, John G.
dc.description.committee	LaPlant, James T.
dc.description.degree	M.A.	en_US
dc.description.major	History	en_US