Continuity and Change in Native American Policies

A series of flashcards covering key events, treaties, and policies affecting Native Americans, highlighting the continuity and change in their treatment by the United States government.

Pueblo Revolt

A rebellion in 1680 by Native Americans in New Mexico against Spanish colonizers.

Covenant Chain

A series of treaties and alliances between the Iroquois Confederacy and European colonizers.

King Philip's War

A conflict in 1675 between Native American inhabitants of New England and English colonists.

Proclamation Line of 1763

A boundary established by the British government to limit colonial expansion into Native American lands.

Assimilation

The process by which Native Americans were encouraged to adopt European cultural ways.

Indian Intercourse Act of 1790

Legislation aimed at regulating commerce between Native Americans and non-Natives.

Treaty of Greeneville (1795)

A treaty that ended hostilities between the United States and several Native American tribes.

Battle of Tippecanoe (1811)

A conflict between American forces led by William Henry Harrison and Native American Warriors associated with Tecumseh.

Indian Removal Act of 1830

Legislation that authorized the forced relocation of Native American tribes from their ancestral lands.

Trail of Tears (1838)

The forced relocation of the Cherokee Nation from Georgia to Oklahoma, resulting in significant suffering and death.

Reservation System

A system that allocated specific areas for Native American tribes, often resulting in a loss of sovereignty.

Dawes Severalty Act (1886)

An act that aimed to assimilate Native Americans into American society by allotting them individual plots of land.

Wounded Knee Massacre (1890)

A tragic incident where U.S. Army troops killed hundreds of Lakota at Wounded Knee Creek.