Early American Discrimination Timeline

  • Massacre at Mystic

    Massacre at Mystic

    The reason it was important during that time is, because it was the Establishment of Colonial Power and land Acquisition. The massacre was a part of the Pequot War, a conflict fueled by colonial desires for Pequot land and trade routes.
  • The Scalp Act

    The Scalp Act

    What the acts had done during that time was transforming murder into a commercial enterprise also intensifying conflict.
  • The 3/5ths Compromise

    The 3/5ths Compromise

    It was important during that time because it codified the idea that enslaved black people were less than fully human.
  • Battle of Tippecanoe

    Battle of Tippecanoe

    What it had done during that time worsened early American discrimination against by native Americans by shattering the confederation.
  • The Missouri Compromise

    The Missouri Compromise

    It was important during that time because it temporarily eased sectional tensions
  • The Fugitive Slave Act

    The Fugitive Slave Act

    It was important during that time because they enshrined slavery as a national policy
  • Indian Removal Act

    Indian Removal Act

    During that time it caused forced displacement and ethnic cleansing of native Americans.
  • Trail of Tears

    Trail of Tears

    It had amplified the situation during that time against the Native Americans by forcibly displacing over 60,000 people from their ancestral lands.
  • Nat Turner Rebellion

    Nat Turner Rebellion

    It was important during that time because of the Growth. Turner and a small group of followers then it began a bloody 36 hour rampage in Southampton country in the end it caused violence.
  • Dred Scott Decision

    Dred Scott Decision

    The reason it was important to it is because the Dred Scott Decision made it to where it legally denied black people, enslaved or free, the rights and protections of citizenship legally en-trenched slavery in U.S territories, and declared the Missouri Compromise.
  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment

    It was important because it made it to where it was legally banned statues and the federal government from denying the right to vote based on race or color.
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation

    Why it was important during that time is by shifting the Union’s war aim to include freedom for enslaved people, adding moral authority to the cause, and enabling black men to serve in the U.S military.
  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment

    The reason why it was important to it is because it led to the recognition that slavery had to be abolished nationally and permanently
  • Slave Trade Ends in the United States

    Slave Trade Ends in the United States

    It was importaint during that time because the system of raicial hierarchy and white supremacy that justified slavery.
  • 14th Amendment-

    14th Amendment-

    It was important because it ended discrimination. The amendment was a crucial step in stoping the systematic discrimination.
  • Battle of the Little Bighorn

    Battle of the Little Bighorn

    It was important because it was rave victory during that time. The native had prompted the U.S Government to make more of an effort to force tribes into reservations.
  • Battle of Wounded Knee

    Battle of Wounded Knee

    What it did during that time symbolized the brutal suppression of Native Americans culture and armed resistance.
  • Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Plessy vs. Ferguson

    It was important because the September court established the “separate but equal” doctrine which legitimized racial segregation laws.