Final answer:
The statement regarding King Philip's War is false; the war was not triggered by the assassination of a Harvard-educated praying Indian but was the result of long-standing tensions between the Native Americans and English colonists.
Step-by-step explanation:
The statement that King Philip's War broke out when a praying Indian and graduate of Harvard was assassinated by a Wampanoag is false. King Philip's War, which occurred from 1675-1676, was named after Metacomet, the chief of the Wampanoag, who was known as King Philip by the English settlers.
The war was a result of tensions between the Native American inhabitants of New England and the English colonists and their allies, stemming from the colonists' encroachment on Native American lands and their attempts to impose English laws and cultural practices.
The war did not start with the assassination of a Harvard-educated praying Indian, but rather various incidents leading up to the war, such as the execution of three Wampanoags by the colonists for the murder of a Christianized Native American referred to as John Sassamon.