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Massacre at Mystic
Captain John Mason was the leader of this event. It was an attack on Mystic Fort against the Pequot tribe in Connecticut. The attack left 500 adults and children dead. After the tragedy, it started a three-year war instigated by the Puritans to seize the tribe's traditional land. It is a significant time in history because it was a turning point for the Pequot tribe as it enraged the settlers that the warriors would kill civilians and it lead to increased support for the tribe against colonist. -
The Scalp Act
Anyone who brought in a male scalp above age of 12 would be given $150, for females above age of 12 or males under the age of 12, they would be paid $130. This act was inflicted by governor Robert Morris. After the act was inflicted all the tribes turned against Pennsylvania legislature. Native americas took scalps to achieve the status of warrior and to placate the spirits of the dead. -
The 3/5ths Compromise
The “Three-fifths Compromise” allowed a state to count 3/5 of each Black person in determining political representation in the House. It was an early American effort to avoid the intersectionality of race, class, nationality and wealth for political control. This subject is important because It allowed pro-slavery states to have a disproportionate influence on the presidency, the Supreme Court, and other positions of power. -
Slave Trade Ends in the United States
The Atlantic slave trade involved the transportation by slave traders of various enslaved African peoples, mainly to the Americas. Slaves were purchased in West Africa, shipped to the Americas to produce cotton and many other things. After pressure within the Spanish empire and after a violent civil war, the Spanish government moved decisively against the illegal trans-Atlantic slave trade, ending the traffic for good. -
Battle of Tippecanoe
This battle was a conflict between the confederacy of native warriors led by Tecumseh, a Shawnee tribe member, and United States armed forces under the leadership of General William Henry Harrison. The battle lasted about three hours, the Indians eventually scattered. The village and crops were destroyed. Although the two sides suffered near equal losses, the battle was widely regarded as a U.S. victory and helped establish Harrison's national reputation. -
The Missouri Compromise
This is a law that tried to address growing sectional tensions over the issue of slavery. By passing the law, which President James Monroe signed, the U.S. Congress admitted Missouri to the Union as a state that allowed slavery, and Maine as a free state. It was balanced because the northern states to prevent expansion of slavery in the country with those of southern states to expand it. This subject is important because It maintained a delicate balance between free and slave states. -
Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson, authorizing the president to grant lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. A few tribes went peacefully, but many resisted the relocation policy. This act is important because it freed more than 25 million acres of fertile, lucrative farmland to mostly white settlement in Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Arkansas. -
Nat Turner Rebellion
This was a rebellion of enslaved Virginians that took place in Southampton County, Virginia. Led by Nat Turner. The rebellion began when Turner's hatchet-wielding enslaved people killed his master, Joseph Travis, along with his wife and his 9 year old son. The rebels killed between 55 and 65 people, at least 51 of whom were White. This event is important because his revolt hardened proslavery attitudes among whites and led to new oppressive legislation. -
Trail of Tears
This is a trail made by 60,000 displaced indigenous people of the five civilized tribes. the trail stretches over Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. The Indian removal lasted over 2 decades. This has become a significant part of history because it signifies callousness of American policy makers towards American Indians. At least 3,000 natives died on the Trail of Tears. -
The Fugitive Slave Act
This act was passed by the United States Congress as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern interests in slavery and Northern Free-Soilers. The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. The act also made the federal government responsible for finding, returning, and trying escaped slaves. The act was passed to pacify slave-state politicians, who would have objected to the imbalance created by adding another free state. -
Dred Scott Decision
This was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court. It upheld slavery in United States territories, denied the legality of black citizenship in America, and declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional. The Supreme Court ruled that Americans of African descent, whether free or slave, were not American citizens and could not sue in federal court. This was apart of the constitution until the 13th and 14th admendment was made. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation as the nation approached its third year of the civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." This was important because necessary legislation that gave slaves their opportunity to free life in the United States. It was the act of many arguments and papers by abolitionists. It was an endearing proclamation by President Lincoln to free slaves. -
13th Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. The 13th Amendment was passed at the end of the Civil War before the Southern states had been restored to the Union, and should have easily passed in Congress. The 13th admendment is important because it forever abolished slavery as an institution in all U.S. states and territories. -
14th amendment
The 14th amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States, including former enslaved people, and guaranteed all citizens “equal protection of the laws.” It also authorized the federal government to punish states that violated their citizens’ right to vote by proportionally reducing the states’ representation in Congress. -
15h amendment
The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal government and each state from denying or abridging a citizen's right to vote "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." The reason behind the 15th amendment is the Republican desire to entrench its power in both the North and the South. This amendment helped ensure that democracy reflected the country's diversity. -
Battle of Little Bighorn
the Little Bighorn batter was fought along the river, in south-central Montana. The combatants were warriors of the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes, battling men of the 7th Regiment of the US Cavalry. The reason the battle started was because Custer's 600 men entered the Little Bighorn Valley. This battle marked the worst U.S. Army defeat in the long Plains Indian War. All 210 U.S. soldiers were killed. -
Battle of Wounded Knee
The battle that started this massacre was the climax of the U.S. Army's late 19th-century efforts to repress the Plains Indians. A reaction to a religious movement that gave fleeting hope to Plains Indians whose lives had been upended by white settlement. Soldiers slaughtered about 300 Lakota men, women, and children at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota. This event is important because it marked the definitive end of Indian resistance to the encroachments of white settlers. -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
This landmark was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in which the Court ruled that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality. This event is important because it essentially established the constitutionality of racial segregation.The court ruled that "separate but equal" facilities were considered sufficient to satisfy the Fourteenth Amendment. May 17, when the Court reversed the Plessy decision.