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Massacre at Mystic
Was an attack on fort Mystic that had left 500 adults and children of the Pequot tribe dead. This was the first defeat of the Pequot tribe by the english in the Pequot war -
The Scalp Act
The scalp act said that Anyone who brought in a male scalp above the age of 12 would be given 150 pieces of eight, and fr females above the age of 12 or males under the age of 12, they would be paid 130 dollars. -
The 3/5ths Compromise
The 3/5ths Compromise was a delegation between states that determined that three out of every 5 slaves was counted when determining a states total population for legislative representation and taxation. -
Slave Trade Ends in the United States
A federal law was passed by Congress ad made it illegal to import captives from Africa into the United States. Officially ending slavery trading. -
Battle of Tippecanoe
The battle of Tippecanoe was fought in battleground, Indiana, between American forces led by then Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana territory and native American forces -
The Missouri Compromise
This legislation admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non slave state at the same time, it also outlawed slavery above the 36 degree 30 latitude line in the remainder of the Lousiana Territory. -
Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act authorized the president to grant lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. -
Nat Turner Rebellion
was a rebellion of enslaved Virginians that took place in Southhampton County, Virgina. It was led by Nat Turner, and the rebels killed between 55 and 65 white 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" by the United States government. -
The Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive slave act was passed by the United States Congress and was a pair of federal laws that allowed for the capture of and return of runaway enslaved people. -
Dred Scott Decision
Was a decision case of the United Sates Supreme court that held the U.S. constitution did not extend American citizenship to people of black African descent. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by the United states President Abraham Lincoln stated that any slaves in the slave states who join the rebellious cause with be free. -
13th Amendment
The Thirteenth Admendent stated that Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime is allowed basically abolishing slavery -
14th Amendment
The Fourteenth Admendent added citizenship rights to be equal and also the rights of citizens. it was one of the Reconstruction amendments. -
15th Amendment
The fiftenth Admendement granted African American men the right to vote. this was also the third and last of the reconstruction Admendments -
Battle of Little Bighorn
The battle of little bighorn marked the most decisive victory and the worst U.S. army defeat in the long plains Indian war. Which resulted in many outraged civilians -
Battle of Wounded Knee
The Battle of Wounded Knee was a massacre of nearly three hundrend Lakota people by soldiers of the United states Army. -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Was a landmark supreme court decision in which that ruled that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution.