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This was the date that Christopher Columbus first landed in the America's.
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The first European settlement in St. Augustine.
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First Indian uprising in an English colony (Virginia).
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First Reservations, established by Puritans near New Haven, CT.
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French and English war, english defeated the French and took possession of entire Northeast by 1763.
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Continental Congress made first treaty with Indians (Delawares).
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United States Constitution approved by the states; Indian rights reaffirmed.
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Indian Removal Act passed by Congress; legalized removal of all Indians east of Mississippi to lands west of the river.
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All Indians declared citizens of U.S.
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