Editing Roger Williams (section)

==King Philip's War==
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[[King Philip's War]] (1675–1676) pitted the colonists against the Wampanoags, along with some of the Narragansetts with whom Williams had previously maintained good relations. Williams was elected captain of Providence's militia, even though he was in his 70s. On March 29, 1676, Narragansetts led by [[Canonchet]] burned Providence; nearly the entire town was destroyed, including Williams's home.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mandell|first=Daniel R.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_aDvP0d19rAC|title=King Philip's War: Colonial Expansion, Native Resistance, and the End of Indian Sovereignty|date=2010-09-01|publisher=JHU Press|isbn=978-0-8018-9948-5|pages=100|language=en}}</ref>