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Massacre at Mystic
The first battle of the Pequot War, fought between the English and the Pequot tribe, which left between 400 and 700 Pequot women and children dead. The War began to take hold of the tribe's traditional land. -
The Scalp Act
The Scalp Act involved getting paid different amounts of money depending on the age and gender of the person you scalped. -
The 3/5ths Compromise
The 3/5 compromise made it so three out of every five slaves were counted towards the population for legislative representation for taxation -
Slave Trade Ends in the United States
The Slave Trade Act of 1807 made the trade of slaves between America and other nations illegal. This gave the U.S. the right to seize any ships that were caught transporting slaves as cargo. -
Battle of Tippecanoe
Under the power of William Harrison the Americans fought the Tenskwatawa Natives, which resulted in American success -
The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state, while Maine was placed as a free state. -
Trail of Tears
After the Indian Removal Act, Natives were forcibly removed from their homelands and moved to what is now Oklahoma. Devastations such as starvation, diseases, death, and exhaustion. Over 4,000 out of 15,000 of the Cherokees died. -
Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal, signed by Andrew Jackson, forced natives to move to Indian Territory as a result of westward expansion by the English. -
Nat Turner Rebellion
At 2:00 AM Nat Turner, an enslaved African-American carpenter and preacher who led a four-day rebellion, and his followers broke into his owners house and murdered the whole family. After they marched through Southampton County in Virginia killing at least 55 people until white authorities ended the revolt. Turner was arrested after two months after hiding. -
The Fugitive Slave Act
This Act forced all slaves, even in freed states, to be returned to their owners. It made the federal government responsible for slaves that ran away. -
Dred Scott Decision
The U.S. Supreme Court passed this act that stated slaves were not counted as citizens, which meant the government would not protect them -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation declared by Abraham Lincoln, freed the slaves. It stated "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
13th Amendmendment
The 13th Amendmendment forbids slavery across all of the United States unless it was used for criminal punishment -
14th Amendmendment
The 14th Amendment granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to anyone born in the United States or who became a citizen of the country. -
15th Amendment
The law prohibits the federal government from preventing citizens from voting based on race, color, or previous accounts of servitude. -
Battle of Little Bighorn
Fought between U.S. forces and the Plains Indian tribes, this battle was fought over western territory. The Sioux and Cheyenne won thus battle after killing Custer and his men in less than an hour. -
Battle of Wounded Knee
The mass killing of around 150-300 Lakota Indians by U.S. army forces in the area of Wounded Knee Creek in southwestern South Dakota -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Plessy vs. Ferguson was a Supreme Court battle that supported equal but separate accommodations for white and colored people.