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King Philip's War |
King Philip's War is sometimes called the First Indian War. It took place between 1675 and 1678. The first major event of the war was a trial in Plymouth Colony that resulted in the execution of three Wampanoag men. Metacomet had already been preparing for war, but it was this trial that caused him to first attack. He attacked the city of Swansea, burning the town to ground and killing many of the settlers. The war had begun. One particularly bloody battle is called the Great Swamp Fight which took place in Rhode Island. A group of colonial militia attacked the home fort of the Narragansett tribe. They destroyed the fort and killed around 300 Native Americans. |
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End of the War (King Philip's War) |
Eventually, the greater numbers and resources of the colonists allowed them to take control of the war. Chief Metacomet tried to hide in the swamps in Rhode Island, but he was hunted down by a group of colonial militia led by Captain Benjamin Church. He was killed and then beheaded. The colonists displayed his head at Plymouth colony for the next 25 years as a warning to other Native Americans. |
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French and Indian War |
The French and Indian War was a major war fought in the American Colonies between 1754 and 1763. The British gained significant territory in North America as a result of the war. Actually, the main enemies in the war were the French and the British. Both sides had American Indian allies. The French allied with several tribes including the Shawnee, Lenape, Ojibwa, Ottawa, and the Algonquin peoples. The British allied with the Iroquois, Catawba, and the Cherokee (for a time). As the American colonies began to expand to the west, they came into conflict with the French. The first real conflict began when the French moved into the Ohio country and built Fort Duquesne on the Ohio River (where the city of Pittsburgh is today). It was over the construction of this fort that the first battle of the war, the Battle of Jumonville Glen, took place on May 28, 1754. |
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French and Indian War(Major Battles and Events) |
General Braddock at Fort Duquesne (1755) - British General Braddock led 1500 men to take Fort Duquesne. They were ambushed and soundly defeated by French and Indian soldiers. Battle of Fort Oswego (1756) - The French captured the British Fort Oswego and took 1,700 prisoners captive. Massacre at Fort William Henry (1757) - The French took Fort William Henry. Many British soldiers were massacred as France's Indian allies violated the terms of the British surrender and killed around 150 British soldiers. Battle of Quebec (1759) - The British claimed a decisive victory over the French and occupied Quebec City. Fall of Montreal (1760) - The city of Montreal falls to the British led by Field Marshal Jeffery Amherst. The fighting is nearly over in the American colonies. |
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End of the War and Results (French Indian war) |
The French and Indian War ended on February 10, 1763 with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. France was forced to give up all of its North American territory. Britain gained all of the land east of the Mississippi River and Spain gained the land west of the Mississippi. The war was expensive for the British government to fight. In order to pay for it, they issued taxes on the colonies. |
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Battle of the Little Bighorn 1876 |
George Custer and the U.S. Army is soundly defeated at the Battle of Little Big Horn by Native Americans led by Sitting Bull. In 1868, the U.S. government signed a treaty with the Lakota people guaranteeing the Lakota a portion of land in South Dakota including the Black Hills. However, a few years later, gold was discovered in the Black Hills. Prospectors began to trespass onto the Dakota's land. Soon, the United States decided they wanted the Black Hills land from the Indian tribes so they could freely mine the gold. |
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Trail of Tears 1838 |
The Trail of Tears was when the United States government forced Native Americans to move from their homelands in the Southern United States to Indian Territory in Oklahoma. Peoples from the Cherokee, Muscogee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole tribes were marched at gunpoint across hundreds of miles to reservations. The Trail of Tears can also refer to the specific forced march and path of the Cherokee Nation from North Carolina to Oklahoma. The Cherokee are forced to march from North Carolina to Oklahoma. Thousands of them die along the way in what will be known as the Trail of Tears. |
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1830 |
President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act into law. This law resulted in the forced removal of the Five Civilized Tribes (the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek, Seminole, and Choctaw) from the Southeastern United States to Indian Territory in Oklahoma. Some Native American tribes in the southeast were forcibly marched to Oklahoma. Today this march is called the Trail of Tears. In 1838, the Cherokee tribe was forced to leave their home and march to Oklahoma. Around 4,000 Cherokee people died during the march. |
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Wounded Knee Massacre |
The Wounded Knee Massacre is considered the last major conflict between the U.S. Army and Native Americans. It was a one-sided battle where an overwhelming force of U.S. soldiers killed over 200 men, women, and children of the Lakota Indians. The battle took place on December 29, 1890 |
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Tecumseh |
Occupation: Leader of the ShawneeBorn: March, 1768 near Springfield, OhioDied: October 5, 1813 in Chatham-Kent, OntarioBest known for: Organizing Tecumseh's Confederacy and fighting in the War of 1812 When the United States declared war on Great Britain on June 18, 1812, Tecumseh saw a golden opportunity. He hoped by allying with the British, the Native Americans could gain their own country. Warriors from throughout the Indian tribes joined his army. He had several initial successes including capturing Detroit. |
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Sitting Bull |
Occupation: Chief of the Lakota Sioux IndiansBorn: c. 1831 in Grand River, South DakotaDied: December 15, 1890 in Grand River, South DakotaBest known for: Leading his people to victory at the Battle of Little Bighorn Shortly after Sitting Bull's vision, Colonel George Custer of the United States Army discovered the Indian war camp. On June 25, 1876 Custer attacked. However, Custer didn't realize the size of Sitting Bull's army. The Indians soundly defeated Custer's forces, killing many of them including Custer. This battle is considered one of the great victories for the Native Americans in the fight against the United States Army. |
