Indigenous resistance

• 1607: Colonists "christianize the natives" with war, land theft 

• 1622: Powhatan kill settlers to stop theft of tribal lands 

• 1638: Enslaved Africans traded for Native prisoners 

• 1676: Rebellion spurs imports of enslaved Africans 

• 1755: Cash for scalps = license to kill Indians 

• 1770: Crispus Attucks: First martyr of the Revolution 

• 1723: Arson: Weapon of retaliation, resistance

• 1776-1783: Service for freedom: thousands join British forces 

• 1787: Flawed ordinance bans slavery, ignites land grab 

• 1830: Congress seizes Native lands, triggers slavery expansion 

• 1835: Seminoles resist U.S. efforts to take their lands 

• 1838: Four thousand Cherokees perish on "Trail of Tears" 

• 1862: U.S. hangs 38 Dakota for alleged war crimes