Indigenous resistance -- new title for this section

• 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 

• 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