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1682 |
The Native Indians of Iowa
were the Chippewa, Dakota, Fox, Illinois, Iowa, Nez
Perce, Pahodja, Pawnee, Winnebago, Missouri,
Moingwena, Omaha, Oto, Ottawa, Peoria, Ponca,
Potawatomi, Sauk and Winnebago
Rene-Robert Cavelier de La Salle (1643-1687)
explored the region for France
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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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1788 |
Julien Dubuque becomes the
first white settler in Iowa. |
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1800's |
Conflict erupts between
settlers and Native Indians of Iowa including the
Chippewa, Dakota, Fox, Illinois, Iowa, Nez Perce,
Pahodja, Pawnee, Winnebago, Missouri, Moingwena,
Omaha, Oto, Ottawa, Peoria, Ponca, Potawatomi, Sauk
and Winnebago throughout the 1800's. The Native
Indians were forced farther and farther West
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1803 |
Part of the Louisiana
Purchase: The Louisiana Purchase - In 1803, 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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1832 |
The "Black Hawk War" and the
Sauk tribe was forced to cede their land |
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1846 |
Statehood - The Date that Iowa
was admitted to the Union - December 28, 1846.
Constitution - Iowa was the 29th State to be
admitted to the Union. State Motto - " Our liberties
we prize and our rights we will maintain "
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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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