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The Mystic Massacre was a brutal attack on a Pequot village in Connecticut by English colonists and their Native American allies. The massacre involved setting fire to the Pequot fort and killing the inhabitants as they tried to flee, including hundreds of women, children, and elderly people. -
The scalp act was a brutal racist law passed by Pennsylvanias colonial government. Colonists offered a bounty on the scalps of native Americans. Initially encouraging colonists to hunt and kill indigenous people. -
The 3/5s compromise was an agreement as to how to enslaved people would be counted for representation and taxation. -
Congress passed a law banning the importation of newly enslaved people from Africa. Although it was now illegal to import more slaves it did not stop the act of slavery itself. -
The battle of Tippecanoe was a prelude to the war of 1812. Native Americans led by Tenskwatawa attacked the Americans and caught them off guard but still lost the battle. -
The Missouri Compromise was an agreement that settled tensions between free states and slave states. Missouri applied as a state and was admitted as a slave state which through off the balance so Maine was split off of Missouri and was admitted as a free state. -
The trail of tears was an act that forced the relocation of thousands of Native American tribes. -
The Indian Removal Act was a law passed by Congress that allowed the federal government to force Native American tribes to leave their ancestral landsand move to land west of the Mississippi River. -
Turner organized a group of slaves and free black men and they attacked slaveholders resulting in 55 deaths of whites and 100 more of the unfree. Nat went into hiding and was eventually discovered and hung for his actions. -
The Fugitive Slave Act was a law passed that forced enslaved people to return to their enslavers even if they escaped to a free state. -
Dred Scott was a slave that sued for freedom because his residency took place in free territory but was denied because black people, both enslaved and free were claimed to have "no rights which the white man was bound to respect". -
The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential order proclaimed by Abraham Lincoln. This document declared freedom to all the enslaved people in confederate states. It’s one of the most significant events in history. -
This amendment was one of history’s most important changes. It initially abolished the act of slavery nationwide. This new amendment was the turning point in civil rights and the first of the reconstruction amendments. -
This amendment was granted for all citizens to ensure equal rights and protection under the law. Specifically, this amendment was ratified to protect the rights of formally enslaved people. -
Following the 14th amendment; the 15th amendment was ratified to protect voting rights of formerly enslaved and African American men. -
The battle of Little Bighorn was a great conflict between the U.S. army and a multitude of Native American tribes. Also known as “Custers last stand,” Lt. colonel George Custer severely underestimated the native Americans power and was ultimately defeated when he attempted to surround the native forces. -
The Battle of Wounded Knee was a violent event between U.S. cavalry and Native Americans. Soldiers surrounded the Natives and a shot was fired; there’s no evidence which side took the first shit but once the shots were the troops opened fire. -
Plessy vs. Ferguson is one of the supremes court most infamous decision in the U.S. Plessy challenged segregation laws and was ultimately overruled and sent to prison. The court upheld segregation as constitutional as long as the separation was “equal.”