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May 1, 1492
Columbus Arrives in Caribbean of the Coast of North America
Columbus brings European diseases and sets a precedent of racism that results in the genocide of American Indians and epic land loss. -
Period: May 1, 1492 to
European Invasion and Colonization
The Arrival of Columbus to the Massacre of Wounded Knee -
Puritans and Wampanaog have what is called the first Thanksgiving
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Massacre at Mystic Creek
Puritans in Eastern Conneticut ally with Indian enemies of Pequots the Pequot Indians in an effort to completely wipe out the entire Pequot people and marks the turning point in English relations with Indian people in America. Europeans no longer felt they needed Indians to survive in America so they begin focusing on removing and exterminating Indian people. -
King Philip's War
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Battle at Little Bighorn
Even though the Lakota Indians at Little Bighorn won decisively over George Custer's American forces, they were eventually hunted down and relocated onto an even smaller reservation. -
Massacre at Wounded Knee
