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Massacre at Mystic (1637)
The Mystic Massacre was on May 25, 1637, along with the Pequot War. When the power of the Connecticut Colony under Captain John Mason and their Narragansett and Mohegan crews burned the Pequot Fort by the Mystic River. -
The Scalp Act (1749)
In the year 1749, British governor Edward Cornwallis made an extirpation proclamation that required a bounty of male scalps or prisoners. -
The 3/5ths Compromise (1787)
The Three-Fifths Compromise was extended to state delegates at the time of the Constitutional Convention in 1787. It was decided that three out of five slaves were counted. When deciding the states population for legislative representation and taxation. -
Slave Trade Ends in the United States (1808)
An act of Congress drifted in 1800, making it illegal for Americans to be involved in the slave trades across nations. This gave the U.S. the right to seize slave ships that got caught moving slaves and took possession of their cargo. Soon later an act forbidding the importation of 1800. -
Battle of Tippecanoe (1811)
The Battle of Tippecanoe occurred on November 7, 1811, within Battle Ground, Indiana. This was against the American forces led by the Governor of the Indiana Territory and the tribal forces associated -
The Missouri Compromise (1820)
The legislation made known Missouri had a slave state but was a Maine non-slave state. To not upset the balance within the slave and free states. Also banning slavery over 36º 30' grid line in memory of the Louisiana Territory. -
Indian Removal Act (1830)
This Act was a law signed by Andrew Jackson,
it gave permission for the president to give land west from the Mississippi for Indian land in state borders. -
Nat Turner Rebellion (1831)
Turner and his followers killed his master's family, going through Southampton County in Virginia. There were 55 people killed, and soon authorities stopped the revolt. Turner was caught until two months later. -
Trail of Tears (1838-1839)
From 1838 through 1839, Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy also known as the Cherokee Nation were forced to hand over land east from the Mississippi River. -
The Fugitive Slave Act (1850)
The Fugitive Slave Act in 1850 was also part of the Compromise. The Act was for slaves to be brought back to their owners, even in a free state. -
Dred Scott Decision (1857)
The Dred Scott decision was made by the Supreme Court, and living on free grounds and the area didn't allow enslaved people, Dred Scott, to be free. -
Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
The Emancipation Order, the 95th Order was a presidential command, and executive command was given permission by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. -
13th Amendment (1865)
The 13th Amendment was approved in 1865, it restricts chattel slavery throughout the U.S. and all land within their control, unless a criminal punishment. -
14th Amendment (1868)
The 14th Amendment allowed citizenship to citizens born or made in the U.S. also formally enslaved people. Which gave equal protection within the law to the people. -
15th Amendment (1870)
The 15th Amendment allowed African American men to vote. -
Battle of Little Bighorn (1876)
In the Battle of Little Bighorn, 260 soldiers and people of the Army were defeated and died. By the thousands of Lakota and Cheyenne warriors. -
Battle of Wounded Knee (1890)
The death of 150--300 Lakota Indians by the U.S. Army. This was around Knee Creek in southwestern South Dakota. -
Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896)
This was a Supreme Court case that confirmed the constitutionality of equal facilities, but this was based on race.