Early American Discrimination Timeline

  • Massacre at Mystic

    when a force from the Connecticut Colony under Captain John Mason and their Narragansett and Mohegan allies set fire to the Pequot Fort near the Mystic River
  • The Scalp Act

    French colonists offered payments to Indians for British scalps
  • The 3/5ths Compromise

    It determined that three out of every five slaves was counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxation.
  • Slave Trade Ends in the United States

    it became legal for slave trades in between nations
  • Battle of Tippecanoe

    American forces led by then Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory and Native American forces associated with Shawnee leader Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa
  • The Missouri Compromise

    Missouri territory to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union on an equal footing with the original states
  • Indian Removal Act

    authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders
  • Trail of Tears

    US forced natives out of there land
  • Nat Turner Rebellion

    Nat Turner's Rebellion, historically known as the Southampton Insurrection, was a rebellion of enslaved Virginians in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831. Led by Nat Turner, the rebels killed between 55 and 65 White people, making it the deadliest slave revolt in U.S. history.
  • The Fugitive Slave Act

    The Fugitive Slave Act or Fugitive Slave Law was passed by the United States Congress
  • Dred Scott Decision

    Scott is taken to Missouri after being purchased by John Emerson. Beginning in 1833 Emerson undertakes several moves as part of his military service. He takes Scott from Missouri to Illinois and then into the Wisconsin Territory.
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    The Emancipation Proclamation, officially Proclamation 95, was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War.
  • 13th Amendment

    "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
    13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Abolition of Slavery ... National Archives | (.gov)
    https://www.archives.gov › milestone-documents › 13th-...
  • 14th Amendment

    "born or naturalized in the United States," including formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws,”
    Landmark Legislation: The Fourteenth Amendment - Senate.gov Senate.gov
    https://www.senate.gov › about › 14th-amendment
  • 15th Amendment

    It gives access to all civilians freedom to vote
  • Battle of Little Bighorn

    Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho fought the US federal troops and won
  • Battle of Wounded Knee

    was a massacre of nearly three hundred Lakota people by soldiers of the United States Army.
  • Plessy vs. Ferguson

    was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality