Wounded Knee was a symbolic site because of the Wounded Knee Massacre, which took place there in 1890. The massacre occurred on the Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. The massacre was the culmination of a more than 20 years of intense warfare between American and Native American forces. Efforts to stamp out Native American resistance, especially proponents of the Ghost Dance, a ceremonial dance originated by the Pauite prophet Wovoka which centralized figured prominently in this event. Determined to root out the practice, US army troops pursued 250 Lakota to Pine Ridge. After a disagreement and scuffle, the troops opened fire and killed more than 250 defenseless children, women and old people. AIM considered this site sacred ground and occupied it to dramatize the need to address the plight of Native American people.
Answer: smuggling weapons to American patriots
taking control of Florida from Great Britain
supporting Loyalist causes in the revolution
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- He sought a Northwestern route across the continent to the Pacific Ocean.
- He hoped to persuade Native American groups in the Lower Mississippi Valley to cede their lands in exchange for land in the Louisiana Territory.
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1 Emergence of capitalism
2 European imperialism
3 Agricultural revolution
They help ensure justice by having ordinary citizens determine whether a fellow citizen is at fault in a situation.
