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1637
 
    
War between English colonists and Pequot Indians brings disaster to the Pequots but safeguards the settlement of Connecticut       
1648
 
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Iroquois raids drive the Huron west to the Great Lakes       
1675
 
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A sudden uprising by the Wampanoag Indians against the new England settlements begins the conflict known as King Philip's War       
1680
 
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The Pueblo Indians of New Mexico rise against the Spanish, killing 21 missionaries and some 400 colonists      
1682
 
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William Penn achieves peace for Pennsylvania by negotiating a treaty with the local Lenape (or Delaware) tribes       
1722
 
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The Iroquois League becomes known as the Six Nations, after the Tuscarora join the group       
1754
 
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The British colonies negotiate with the Iroquois at the Albany Congress, in the face of the French threat in the Ohio valley        
1763
 
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Pontiac, an Ottawa chief, leads an uprising of the Indian tribes in an attempt to drive the British east of the Appalachians      
1773
 
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Some fifty colonists, disguised as Indians, tip a valuable cargo of tea into Boston harbour as a protest against British tax     
Satirical response to British tea in America
National Archives, Kew
1791
 
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An Indian raid on an American military camp beside the Maumee river leaves more than 600 US soldiers dead