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The Native Indians of
Tennessee included the Catawba, Cherokee, Chiaha,
Chickasaw, Mosopelia, Muskogee, Natchez, Shawnee,
Tali, Tuskegee and the Yuchi tribes
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1540 |
Spanish explorer, Spanish
Hernando de Soto (1500-1542) explores the area in
search of gold |
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1673 |
James Needham and Gabriel
Arthur of England sent by Virginia trader to scout
trade with Cherokee Indians and explore the
Tennessee River Valley
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1682 |
Claimed by the French explorer
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (1643-1687)
for France
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1714 |
Charles Charleville sets up a
French trading post at French Lick |
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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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1769 |
Daniel Boone ( 1735 - 1818 )
explores the region |
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1769 |
William Bean ( 1721 - 1782 )
establishes first white settlement in Tennessee
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1772 |
A group of settlers form their
own government called the Watauga Association and
implement one of the first written constitutions in
America
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1775 |
The Transylvania Company buys
land from the Cherokees |
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1775 |
Daniel Boone, working for the
Transylvania Company, blazes a trail called the
Wilderness Road from Virginia across the mountain at
Cumberland Gap to open the land to settlement
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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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1784 |
3 counties in East Tennessee
form the short-lived State of Franklin, which
secedes from North Carolina for 4 years
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1796 |
Statehood - The Date that
Tennessee was admitted to the Union - June 1, 1796.
Constitution - Tennessee was the 16th State to be
admitted to the Union. State Motto - " Agriculture
and Commerce ".
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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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1820 |
Maine becomes its own state |
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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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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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