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Massacre at mystic
it was a battle that took place between the Puritans and the pequot tribe. the battle happened because the puritans thought the pequots were hostile and the puritans wanted the land -
The Scalp Act
cutting or tearing a part of the human scalp and if you were to bring a part of the scalp of a male one the age of 12. you would get $150 for it -
The 3/5ths Compromise
slaveholding states were able to count slaves to determine their numbers of senators. -
Slave Trade Ends in the United States
the ''act prohibiting the importation of slaves'' -
Battle of Tippecanoe
a battle between the American soldiers and the native Americans. incompatible ways of understanding and living on the land and religious views made co-existence improbable. -
The Missouri Compromise
an act to authorize the people of the Missouri territory. the union on an equal footing with the original state. -
Indian Removal Act
this act authorizes the president to grant unsettled lands west of Mississippi in exchange for Indian land with existing state border. -
Nat Turner Rebellion
an enslaved preacher and self styled prophet which leads to the deadliest revolt of enslaved people -
Trail of Tears
the trail of tears was an ethnic cleansing and forced displacement of approximately 60,000 people of the ''five civilized tribes'' -
The Fugitive Slave Act
it required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if their in a free state -
Dred Scott Decision
upheld slavery in the United States territories, denied the legality of black citizenship in America. declared the Missouri compromise to be unconstitutional. -
Emancipation Proclamation
the proclamation was declared "that all persons held as slaves" with in the Rebellious states "are and henceforward shall be free" -
13th Amendment
abolished slavery in the United States -
14th Amendment
granted citizenship to all people that was born or naturalized in the United States including formally enslaved people and provided all the citizens with equal protection under the law -
15th Amendment
granted African American men the right to vote -
Battle of Little Bighorn
a battle between the federal troops and the northern plains Indians -
Battle of Wounded Knee
was the deadliest mass shooting in American history. -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
a landmark U.S supreme court decision ruling that racial segregation laws