History Essay Outline

Thesis: The arrival of European Settlers resulted in the mistreatment of Native Americans by imprisonment, massacre, and relocation.

-Intro:
1.) Native American tribes and locations prior to invasion.
2.) Native American population before settlers and after.
3.) Famous Native Americans who fought for their right.
a.) Metacom/King Philip’s War
b.) Massasoit
c.) Pontiac/Pontiac’s Rebellion
-Massacre
a.) Fetterman Massacre
b.) Gnadenhutten Massacre
c.) Paxton Boys/Conestoga Massacre
d.) Lord Dunmore’s War
e.) Wounded Knee Massacre
-Imprisonment
a.) Fort Pickens (More in depth than blog post).
b.) Chiricahua Apaches: PoW (http://www.chiricahua-apache.com/chiricahua-apache-pow-history/the-post-pow-years-1914-present/the-human-cost-of-the-chiricahua-apache-imprisonment/)
c.) Other instances of imprisonment/prisoners of war.
-Relocation
a.) Trail of Tears
b.) Osceola and the Seminole.
c.) Other relocation occurrences
-Conclusion
1.) How Native American mistreatment shaped the nation as a whole.
2.) How the United States would appear today if violence had been avoided.
3.) Overall impact/consequences for our actions.