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1700's |
Alabama was first explored by
the Spanish. The State was named after a tribe of
the Creek Indian nation
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1756 |
1756 - 1763 - The Seven Years
War (French and Indian War) due to disputes over
land is won by Great Britain. France gives England
all French territory east of the Mississippi River,
except New Orleans. The Spanish give up east and
west Florida to the English in return for Cuba.
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1775 |
1775 - 1783 - The American
Revolution creates the United States of America. The
Revolution was due to the British burden of taxes
and total power to legislate any laws governing the
American colonies
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1776 |
July 4, 1776 - United States
Declaration of Independence |
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1778 |
July 10, 1778 - France
declares war against Britain and makes an alliance
with the American revolutionary forces
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1783 |
September 3, 1783 - The Treaty
of Paris is signed by the victorious United States
and the defeated Great Britain
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1803 |
The southern section was
claimed by the United States as part of the
Louisiana Purchase. the United States bought the
Louisiana Territory from France. The U.S. Secretary
of State, James Madison paid 15 million dollars for
the land
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1805 |
1805 - 1806: (Choctaw) and
northern (Chickasaw and Cherokee) Indian cessions
open up land to white settlement
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1812 |
1812 - 1815: The War of 1812
between U.S. and Great Britain, ended in a stalemate
but confirmed America's Independence
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1813 |
1813 - 1814: The Creek Indian
War - At the start of the 1500's the Creeks occupied
nearly all of southeast United States. Their defeat
at the battle in Lumpkin County near Slaughter Gap
forced them farther and farther West
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1819 |
Statehood: The Date that
Alabama was admitted to the Union - December 14,
1819. The Constitution: Alabama was the 22nd State
to be admitted to the Union. State Motto - Audemus
jura nostra defendere - motto translated as " We
Dare Defend Our Rights "
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1835 |
The Alabama gold rush |
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1836 |
1836 - 1837: The Second Creek
War (Seminole War) in which Creek warriors were
defeated at Hobdy's Bridge South Alabama
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1832 |
1832-1839: Removal of the
Seminole, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw and Creek
Indians, known as the "Five Civilized Tribes" to
Indian Territory
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1861 |
1861 - 1865: The American
Civil War. In 1859 John Brown raided Harpers Ferry
and set in motion events that led directly to the
outbreak of the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln, a known
opponent of slavery, was elected president and in
1861 the South Secedes. The initial Secession of
South Carolina was followed by the secession of
Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana,
Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North
Carolina. These eleven states eventually formed the
Confederate States of America. The bombardment of
Fort Sumter was the opening engagement of the
American Civil War.
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1865 |
The surrender of Robert E. Lee
on April 9 1865 signalled the end of the Confederacy |
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1865 |
1865 December 6 - The
Abolishment of Slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment to
the U.S. Constitution is ratified, thus officially
abolishing slavery
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1898 |
1898-1901 The Spanish American
War. On December 10, 1898 the Treaty of Paris the US
annexes Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines.
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