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The Native Indians of Utah
included the Bannock, Gosiute, Navaho, Paiute,
Shoshoni and the Ute tribes
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1776 |
Two Spanish priests, Father
Silvestre Velez de Escalante and his superior
Francisco Atanasio Domínguez start from Santa Fe to
explore Utah
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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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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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1821 |
Mexico wins independence from
Spain and claims Utah |
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1822 |
1822-1829 - William H Ashley
exploration and the discovery of a central route to
the Pacific sends trappers to northern Utah who
answered an advertisement in the St. Louis Gazette
and Public Advertiser in the winter of 1822:
"Enterprising Young Men...to ascend the Missouri to
its source, there to be employed for one, two, or
three years." Amongst those to respond were Jim
Beckwourth, Tom Fitzpatrick, David Jackson, Hugh
Glass, Jim Bridger and Jedediah Smith
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1824 |
Jim Bridger ( Old Gabe
1804-1881) discovers the Great Salt Lake |
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1826 |
Jedediah Smith (1799-1831)
leads expeditions to California and Nevada |
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1832 |
Antoine Robidoux ( 1794 - 1860
)builds a trading post in the Utah Basin |
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1841 |
Capt. John Bartleson leads
first wagon train of settlers, including Nancy
Kelsey - the first white woman ever to see Utah,
across Utah to California
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1843 |
John C. Fremont (1813-1890)
and Kit Carson ( Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson (
1809 - 1868) explore the Great Basin
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1844 |
1844-45: Miles Goodyear (1817
- 1849) builds Fort Buenaventura |
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1846 |
First party of Mormon settlers
arrive in the Salt Lake Valley lead by Brigham Young
(1801-1877) |
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1846 |
In just over twenty years
70,000 Mormons travelled along the Mormon Pioneer
Trail, across 5 states in order to escape religious
persecution
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1848 |
U.S. wins Mexican War |
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1848 |
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo is
signed which cedes Utah to the United States |
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1853 |
The Walker War with the Ute
Indians begins over slavery among the Indians |
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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 |
1865-1868 Ute Black Hawk War
last major Indian conflict in Utah |
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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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1896 |
Statehood - The Date that Utah
was admitted to the Union - January 4, 1896.
Constitution - Utah was the 45th State to be
admitted to the Union. State Motto - " Industry "
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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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