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  1. 1776
    American colonies accuse Britain of inciting Native insurrections
    Enumerating the colonies’ grievances against Britain, the Declaration of Independence charges that King ...
  2. 1768
    Britain stops protecting American colonies from Native attack
    As American settlements continue to encroach on Native lands, the colonies express worry about attacks ...
  3. 1763
    Treaty of Paris ends war; Britain claims Native lands
    England and France end the Seven Years’ War (1756–63, also called the French and Indian War). In the ...
  4. 1763
    Indian Proclamation Line ignored; settlers move west
    After the Seven Years’ War, the British Parliament creates the Indian Proclamation Line of 1763, which ...
  5. AD 1675
    Metacomet assassinated; King Philip’s War begins
    In the Northeast, colonists are aggressively encroaching on Wampanoag land and trying to establish settlements. ...
  6. 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 ...
  7. AD 1637
    English settlers burn Pequot village
    English settlers, working with the Narragansetts and Mohegans, set fire to a fortified Pequot village ...
  8. AD 1630
    Puritans move farther onto Wampanoag land
    Thousands of English Puritans settle in what is now known as Massachusetts, moving inland and displacing ...
  9. AD 1621
    Wampanoag people save Pilgrims
    The Wampanoag people, the “People of the First Light,” are responsible for saving the Pilgrims from starvation ...
  10. AD 1620
    English Pilgrims settle on Wampanoag land
    Pilgrims settle at what is now known as Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod near the abandoned village ...
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