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The Native Indians of
Pennsylvania included the Delaware, Erie, Honniasont,
Iroquois, Saponi, Shawnee, Susquehanna, Tuscarora,
Tutelo and Wenrohronon tribes
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1498 |
Italian explorer John Cabot (
Giovanni Caboto ) explores the coast for the English
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1524 |
Italian explorer Giovanni da
Verrazano ( 1485 - 1528 ) explores the Carolina
coast for France |
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1608 |
Captain John Smith (1580-1631)
maps the coast from Virginia up the Susquehanna
River |
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1609 |
Henry Hudson (1565-1611)
English and navigator employed by the Dutch explores
the area |
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1610 |
Captain Samuel Argall, an
English sea captain, names the bay after Lord De La
Warr, the governor of Virginia
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1638 |
1638-1655 - Swedish settlers
set up the first settlement |
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1638 |
Swedish settlement led by
Peter Minuet starting the the New Sweden Colony
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1646 |
Peter Stuyvesant (1602-1672)
became Dutch Governor of the New Netherlands |
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1655 |
The Dutch defeat the Swedes on
the Delaware and Stuyvesant took possession of the
New Sweden Colony
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1664 |
King Charles II totally
ignored any Dutch claims and gave the entire country
to his brother James, Duke of York
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1664 |
The Dutch lose New Amsterdam
to the British which is re-named as New York, after
the Duke of York
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1681 |
1681-1776 - The Quaker
Province - William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania |
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1681 |
King Charles II of England
owed the Quaker, William Penn, £16,000 and when Penn
asked the King to grant him land it was granted. The
King signed the Charter of Pennsylvania on March 4,
1681. King Charles II of England specified in the
charter given to William Penn that the name should
be Pennsylvania. This is a combination of the Latin
word ' Sylvania ' meaning woodland together with
Penn
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1682 |
Landing of William Penn (1644
- 1718) at New Castle, Delaware |
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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
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1764 |
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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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 |
Statehood - The Date that
Pennsylvania was admitted to the Union - December
12, 1787. Constitution - Pennsylvania was the 2nd
State to be admitted to the Union. State Motto -
"Virtue, Liberty, and Independence"
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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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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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