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What actions led to conflict between colonists in New England and local American Indians?

Colonists moved onto American Indian lands and expected the American Indians to obey colonial law.
American Indians resented the successful farming methods of colonists and raided their stores of food.
American Indians resented the attempts of colonists to convert them to Christianity and attacked their churches.
The English government recognized the sovereignty of American Indians, which angered colonists in New England.

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Colonists moved onto American Indian lands and expected the American Indians to obey colonial law.
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The actions that led to conflict between colonists in New England and local American Indians are Colonists moved onto American Indian lands and expected the American Indians to obey colonial law. There were a variety of tribes when the Puritans landed. These tribes lived in small bands. Cultural misunderstanding and intolerance plagued the Native-European relationship. The Colonists wanted the Natives to obey colonial law.

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