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  1. 1769
    Spanish missions crush traditional cultural ways
    Spain establishes Mission San Diego, the first of 21 missions built along the coast of California. The ...
  2. 1766
    Armed Russian fur traders massacre Unangan (Aleut)
    The Russian trader, Ivan Solovief, arms his workers to murder Unangan (Aleut) men, women, and children ...
  3. 1762
    The Unangan (Aleut) resist Russian occupation
    Unangan (Aleut) rebuff the Russian merchant Stepan Glotov. A group of armed Unangan men attacks a party ...
  4. 1758
    The first Hawaiian monarch is born
    Kamehameha is born to Chief Keouakupuapaikalaninui and Chiefess Keku‘iapoiwa. In 1810 he will become ...
  5. 1745
    Russians enslave Unangan (Aleut) people
    Russian traders violently coerce Unangan (Aleut) men to trap beaver and other fur-bearing animals. The ...
  6. AD 1680
    The pueblos revolt in New Mexico
    Pueblo people revolt against their Spanish oppressors. The pueblos, led by the religious leader Popé ...
  7. AD 1675
    Metacomet assassinated; King Philip’s War begins
    In the Northeast, colonists are aggressively encroaching on Wampanoag land and trying to establish settlements. ...
  8. AD 1661
    Spain raids kivas; outlaws the pueblos’ beliefs
    The Spanish colonial governor of New Mexico and Catholic priests suppress the belief systems of the ...
  9. AD 1644
    England declares war on the Powhatan Chiefdom
    Virginia, now a colony of the English crown, commits royal troops to defeat the Powhatan Chiefdom. The ...
  10. AD 1638
    Puritans force Quinnipiac onto the first reservation
    Puritans near what is now known as New Haven, Connecticut, establish the first reservation. They force ...
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