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The Native Indians of
Minnesota were the Arapaho, Cheyenne, Chippewa,
Dakota Sioux, Fox, Iowa, Omaha, Oto, Ottawa, Ponca,
Sauk, Winnebago and Wyandot tribes
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1659 |
1659-1660 - French fur traders
Pierre-Esprit Radisson (1636 - 1710) and Médard
Chouart, Sieur des Groseilliers (1618 - 1710)
explore western end of Lake Superior
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1673 |
The Jesuit priest Jacques
Marquette (1637-1675) and the French Explorer and
fur trader Louis Jolliet (1645-1700) explore the
Mississippi
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1679 |
Frenchman Daniel Greysolon,
Sieur du Luth (1636–1710) claims the upper
Mississippi 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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1763 |
1763 - 1767 Legal battles were
settled by a survey -- which resulted in the
Mason-Dixon line, surveyed by Charles Mason and
Jeremiah Dixon, establishing Maryland's northern
boundary
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1763 |
Spain receives Louisiana
Territory |
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1770 |
1770 -1804: Grand Portage is
established as the fur trading crossroads in
northern Minnesota |
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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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1787 |
Eastern Minnesota officially
designated part of the American Northwest
Territories |
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1787 |
David Thompson (1770-1857) Fur
Trader and Mapmaker for the Hudson's Bay and North
West Company completes the first formal mapping of
Minnesota
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1800's |
Conflict erupts between
settlers and Native Indians including the
Arapaho, Cheyenne, Chippewa, Dakota Sioux, Fox,
Iowa, Omaha, Oto, Ottawa, Ponca, Sauk, Winnebago and
Wyandot tribes throughout the 1800's. The Native
Indians are gradually forced to cede their lands
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1800 |
France acquires Louisiana
Territory from Spain |
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1803 |
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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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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1858 |
Statehood - The Date that
Minnesota was admitted to the Union - May 11, 1858.
Constitution - Minnesota was the 32nd State to be
admitted to the Union. State Motto - " L'Etoile du
nord " the State Motto is translated as " The Star
of the North "
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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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