Matching Pairs Matching Terms & Definitions - PlacesOnline version Click the term and its definition. by Emily McAdam 1 Texas 2 Boston 3 Little Bighorn 4 Philippines 5 Mystic 6 Saratoga 7 Black Hills 8 Sand Creek 9 Wounded Knee 10 Cuba 11 Yorktown 12 Philadelphia 13 Lexington & Concord English colonists massacred the Pequots in the Pequot War in present-day Connecticut. Sacred land of the Sioux that was supposed to be guaranteed to them in the Fort Laramie Treaty, but was taken by Americans when gold was found. Colony of Spain until revolutionaries and the US won the Span-Am War. After, the US influenced it to favor US trade and military. Eventually had a communist revolution. Biggest battle between the US Army and Plains Indians. Indians won easily, killing Custer and all of his men. After, US subdued Indians by assimilation and killing the bison. First battle of the Revolutionary War happened here when Minutemen intercepted British soldiers who were going to arrest Patriot leaders and seize Patriot weapons. Location of one of the last Indian massacres. Part of a Sioux reservation in South Dakota. Heavily Patriot area because British policies negatively affected smugglers who did business out of the harbor. Big Revolutionary War battle in New York (American victory). Convinced France to ally with America. Part of Mexico that declared independence from Mexico, fought a war for independence, and sought annexation by the United States, which came just before the US-Mexican War. Where the Declaration of Independence was signed and the Constitutional Convention was held. Location of an Indian massacre in 1864 in Colorado Territory. Congress determined that the US Army officer knew that the Indians were friendly and attacked anyway. Last big battle of the American Revolution, where British General Cornwallis surrendered in Virginia. Colony of Spain until revolutionaries and the US won the Spanish-American War. Then the US colonized. Colonized people as well as many Americans opposed this imperialism.
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