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Comparing Mashpee Autonomy and Southeastern Removal
Compare the different strategies Native communities used to defend their land and sovereignty in New England versus the American South.
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Indigenous Sovereignty: Mashpee Resistance and the Trail of Tears
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Explain how Indigenous nations fought for self-government and resisted forced removal, focusing on the Mashpee Revolt in Massachusetts and the Trail of Tears in the Southeast.
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Learning standards covered
5.T4.5.cMassachusetts Social Studies Standards · 5th Gradethe Mashpee Revolt (1833), a dispute over self-government in the Mashpee Indian district in Massachusetts
5.T4.5.dMassachusetts Social Studies Standards · 5th Gradethe significance of the Trail of Tears (1838) for the Cherokee and other native communities in the Southeast