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Massacre at Mystic
The Massacre at Mystic was the first time that the Pequot people were defeated by the English. This was important because it showed that the Pequot people could lose to the English. -
The Scalp Act
The reason that the scalp act was so important is because it made it to where people were forced to migrate. -
Slave Trade Ends in the United States
The Slave Trade Ending in the United States was important to our history because it made it to where there were going to be fewer and fewer slaves and slowly started to eliminate the idea of Slavery. -
Battle of Tippecanoe
The Battle of Tippecanoe was important to American history because a tribe decided to ally their remaining forces to Great Britain troops. -
Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act was an important time in American history because it made it so that there was more land freed up than it used to take up. -
Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was important to American history because it made it to where all the Indian tribes that were east of the Mississippi River were to be removed. -
Nat Turner Rebellion
Nat Turner's Rebellion was important to American history because it led to new laws being passed. -
Dred Scott Decision
What the Dred Scott decision was is that it was a decision that stunned the nation because the Supreme Court upheld slavery, denied black people to be legal citizens, and declared the Missouri compromise unconstitutional. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was a turning point in American history because it made it to where all enslaved persons in the rebelling states were set free. -
13th Amendment
The summary of this event is that it was the first time that slaves were truly free. The importance of the 13th Amendment is that it abolished slavery in the US. -
14th Amendment
This was significant to US history because it made it so that if you were born in the US you were a citizen no matter what. -
15th Amendment
This was an important thing in American History because it made it so that all African-American MEN could vote. -
The Battle of Little Bighorn
The Battle of Little Bighorn was an important moment in US History because it proved how powerful the Native Americans really were. -
Battle of Wounded Knee
The Battle of Wounded Knee was important to American history because where all of the massacre took place is now a grave site for the remembrance of all of the dead Natives. -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
The "Plessy vs. Ferguson" was significant to American History because it made it was a time when this case had just gone through the court and they made a decision that racial segregation laws didn't violate the constitution.