Treatment of Native Americans Timeline

  • Pequot massacres begin

    Pequot massacres begin

    This initial attack was a major turning point in the war, during which English forces and their Native American allies, the Mohegan and Narragansett, attacked and burned the village, killing hundreds of Pequots.
  • King Philip’s War

    King Philip’s War

    conflict between Native American tribes and English colonists in New England from 1675-1676, fought over land, broken treaties, and growing tensions.
  • Queen Anne’s War

    Queen Anne’s War

    The conflict involved raids and battles between the colonial forces and their allies. For example, English colonists attacked Spanish Florida, and French and their allies raided English settlements in New England.
  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War

    the British and French fighting over who would control North America, and Native American tribes were caught in the middle, often forced to choose sides to protect their own land and interests.
  • War of 1812

    War of 1812

    Native American tribes, leading to significant land loss, the collapse of alliances, and increased pressure for removal and assimilation.
  • Indian reservation system

    Indian reservation system

    Was created to keep Native Americans off of lands that European Americans wished to settle.
  • Sioux Treaty of 1868

    Sioux Treaty of 1868

    Black Hills of Dakota were designated as part of the Great Sioux Reservation for the exclusive use of the Sioux people in the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie. The treaty, signed by the U.S. government at Fort Laramie and other military posts in Sioux country.
  • Assimilation

    Assimilation

    the U.S. government forced tens of thousands of Native American children to attend “assimilation” boarding schools in the late 19th century.
  • Dawes Act of 1887

    Dawes Act of 1887

    The federal government was authorized to divide tribal lands into individual family plots, a policy that granted U.S. citizenship only to Native Americans who accepted theses limits.
  • Ghost Dance

    Ghost Dance

    A spiritual and cultural movement among Native Americans in the late 19th century that promised a renewal of their traditional ways of life and the disappearance of white settlers.