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The Native Indians of Nevada
were the were the Koso, Paiute, Panamint, Pueblo,
Shoshoni and Ute tribes
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1540 |
Alta California was explored
and claimed for Spain in 1542 by Juan Rodriguez
Cabrillo |
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1568 |
Bernal Diaz del Castillo, also
known as Bernal Diaz, (1492-1584) published the
'True History of the Conquest of New Spain'
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1609 |
Town of Santa Fe established
as Spanish-Indian trade centre |
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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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1826 |
Jedediah Smith (1799-1831)
leads expedition to Meadow Valley Wash, Nevada
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1828 |
Peter Skene Ogden (1794-1854)
working for the Hudson's Bay Company led five
trapping expeditions to the "Snake Country" between
1828-1829. He discovered Humboldt River
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1833 |
1833 - 44: Various explorers
explore Nevada including Joseph Walker, Captain John
C. Frémont and Stevens and Townsend
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1843 |
The First wagon trains led by
Joseph Walker cross the Sierra |
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1847 |
Mormons move to Salt Lake
Valley |
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1848 |
United States acquired Nevada
in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
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1849 |
Captain Hunt leads the first
wagon train, The Jayhawkers, to California via the
Mormon Trail. The high death tole lead to the name
of "Death Valley"
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1851 |
July: gold was discovered in
Gold Canyon, near Dalton |
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1855 |
The Mormon leader Brigham
Young sends a group to establish a mission for the
Latter-day Saints Church
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1855 |
Battle with the Native Indians
lead by Major William M. Ormsby |
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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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1861 |
The region achieves
territorial status, separating from Utah |
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1863 |
Western Shoshone Indians sign
treaty of Ruby Valley, signed by Te-Moak |
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1864 |
Statehood - The Date that
Nevada was admitted to the Union - October 31, 1864
. Constitution - Nevada was the 36th State to be
admitted to the Union. State Motto - " All for our
Country "
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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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1880 |
Chief Winnemucca died. In 1883
Sarah Winnemucca writes the book "Life among the
Piutes" and establish Nevada's first school for
Native Americans
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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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