Starting with King Philip's War in the 17th century, Black and White people served together in an integrated environment in the North American colonies. They continued to fight alongside each other in every American war until the war of 1812. Black people would not fight in integrated units again until the Korean war. Thousands of Black men fought on the side of rebellious colonists in the American revolutionary war, many in the new continental navy. Their names, accomplishments and total numbers are unknown because of poor record keeping.