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Christopher Columbus landed on a Caribbean Island after three months of traveling. He believed that he had reached the East Indies and he described the natives as ``Indians´´.

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Juan Ponce de Leon (Spanish explorer) landed on continental North America and made contact with Native Americans.

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Ponce de Leon made another voyage to Florida where he started a colony. Months later, he was attacked by local Native Americans.

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A revolt of Pueblo Native Americans in New Mexico threatened the Spanish rule over New Mexico.

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The French Indian War took place which is also known as the Seven Years War. This conflict marked another chapter in the struggle between Britain and France.

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The last major battle over Northwest territory between the United States and the Native Americans was fought.

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U.S. forces attacked Native American War Chief Tecumseh and his younger brother Lalawethika. Their community at the juncture of the Tippecanoe and Wabash rivers was destroyed.

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A declaration of war was signed by President James Madison. A war broke out between the U.S. Forces, Britain, France and Native Americans.

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Creek Indians were attacked by Native Americans, Andrew Jackson and by the U.S. forces.
The Creeks ceded more than 20 million acres of land after their loss.

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Congress passed the Indian Appropriations Act, creating the Indian reservation system. Native Americans weren’t allowed to leave their reservations without permission.

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A group of Apache Native Americans attacked and kidnapped a white American, resulting in the U.S. military falsely accusing the Native American leader of the Chiricahua Apache tribe, Cochise.

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U.S. Armed Forces surrounded Ghost Dancers led by Chief Big Foot near Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota, demanding the surrender of their weapons. An estimated 150 Native Americans were killed in the Wounded Knee Massacre, along with 25 men with the U.S. cavalry.

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The Indian Civil Rights Act was signed into law by President Lyndon B.Johnson, granting Native American tribes many of the benefits included in the Bill of Rights.