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The Native Indians of Ohio
included the Illinois tribe (Illini), Iroquois,
Chippewa, Delaware, Erie, Ottawa, and Potawatomi,
Kickapoo, Kaskaskia, Miami, Wyandot and Shawnee
tribes
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1669 |
French explorer René Robert
Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (1643-1687) explores and
claims the Ohio region for France
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1750 |
The Ohio Company of Virginia
claims the Ohio region for England |
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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 |
French surrender its claim on
Ohio to Britain |
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1764 |
Indian War / Pontiac's
Conspiracy aka Pontiac's Rebellion. The British
treated the former Indian allies of the French like
conquered peoples, which prompted the Ottawa Chief
Pontiac (1720-1769) to lead a rebellion of a number
of tribes against the British
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1774 |
Indian War / Lord Dunmore's
War - Lord Dunmore, Governor of Virginia, sends in
soldiers to defeat the Native Shawnee Indians who
had attacked the settlers
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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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1787 |
Ohio becomes part of the
Northwest Territory |
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1795 |
Treaty of Greenville ends the
Indian Wars in Ohio |
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1788 |
April 7 - Marietta was founded
in 1788 by General Rufus Putnam and named in honor
of Queen Marie Antoinette of France
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1799 |
Ohio became a separate
territory |
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1803 |
Statehood - The Date that Ohio
was admitted to the Union - March 1, 1803.
Constitution - Ohio was the 17th State to be
admitted to the Union. State Motto - "With God, all
things are possible"
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1811 |
William Henry Harrison
led forces at the Battle of Tippecanoe against the
Shawnee lead by Chief Tecumseh, a victory that
reduced the Native American threat in the Old
Northwest
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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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1835 |
Boundary disputes between
Michigan and Ohio cause the Toledo War |
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1842 |
The Wyandots, Ohio's last
Indian tribe, leave Ohio |
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1859 |
John Brown raided Harpers
Ferry and set in motion events that led directly to
the outbreak of the Civil War.
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1861 |
1861 - 1865: The American
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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1865 |
The surrender of Robert E. Lee
on April 9 1865 signalled the end of the Confederacy |
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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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