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Massacre at Mystic
The puritans took over Native American land and burned a village. Killing the natives in a cruel way, thus starting the repeating process of taking land. -
The Scalp Act
The scalp act was a gruesome act passed. If you brought in the scalp of a native you were rewarded with money. This act was more of a scare tactic toward the natives. -
The 3/5ths Compromise
A big part of the southern state's population was slaves. The owners of these slaves were getting upset because the state's representatives were lower than the non-slave states. Then the government agreed that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives. -
Slave Trade Ends in the United States
The Federal law passes makes it illegal to import captive people from Africa into the United States. -
Battle of Tippecanoe
This battle occurred near modern-day Layfette, Indiana. This battle was the main cause of the war of 1812. The American army drove off the American Indians. Many natives returned to their own villages after the defeat. -
The Missouri Compromise
This legislation admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state at the same time, so as not to upset the balance between slave and non-slave states in the nation. It also outlawed slavery above an imaginary line across the U.S. -
Indian Removal Act
This act authorized the president to grant lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. -
Trail of Tears
The United States government forcibly removed the Cherokee Native Americans from their homelands and relocated them to lands in the Indian Territory. These natives went to present-day Oklahoma. The trail had multiple routes that took them along the Tennessee, Ohio, Mississippi, and Arkansas rivers. -
Nat Turner Rebellion
an enslaved man, Nat Turner, who led a rebellion of enslaved people. The rebellion turned into a massacre of up to 200 Black people. Leading to a new wave of oppressive legislation prohibiting the education, movement, and assembly of enslaved people. -
The Fugitive Slave Act
This 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. -
Dred Scott Decision
The government ruled that African Americans, whether they were slaves or had ancestors who were slaves, had no legal view in court. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln's proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
13th Amendment
Slavery and involuntary servants won't exist within the United States. -
14th Amendment
No state will make or enforce any law which will prohibit the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States. -
15th Amendment
This amendment granted African American men the right to vote. -
Battle of Little Bighorn
This battle was a part of the Great Sioux War of 1876. The natives defeated the Americans near Montana's Litttle Bighorn River. -
Battle of Wounded Knee
This battle caused the slaughter of 150–300 Lakota Indians by the U.S Army in the area of Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota. -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
The U.S. Supreme Court made a controversial decision that upheld the constitutional rule of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine.