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The Native Indians of Virginia
included the Cherokee, Iroquois, Manahoac, Meherrin,
Monacan, Nottaway, Occaneechi, Saponi and Shawnee
tribes
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1584 |
March 25 Queen Elizabeth I of
England granted a charter to Sir Walter Raleigh
(1554-1618) to search and discover 'remote and
heathen lands'
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1584 |
April 27 Philip Amadas and
Arthur Barlowe reach Roanoke Island in July,
authorised by Sir Walter Raleigh, claim the land and
return to England in September
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1585 |
Sir Walter Raleigh (1554-1618)
led expeditions to both North America and South
America in order to found new settlements and find
gold. Raleigh sends several shiploads of colonists
to the east coast of North America and names
Virginia in honour of Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen.
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1585 |
Raleigh's fleet of seven
vessels under Sir Richard Grenville (1541 - 1591)
reach Roanoke Island in June
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1586 |
The colonists on Roanoke
Island are forced to return to England due to
hardships |
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1587 |
John White ( 1540? - 1606 )
with 150 men, women, and children sent by Sir Walter
Raleigh and found the City of Raleigh & establishes
a second English colony at Roanoke and becomes
Governor
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1587 |
August 18 - Elinor White Dare
gave birth to a daughter, Virginia Dare, the first
child born of English parents in the New World
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1587 |
August 22 1587 - John White
returns to England for more supplies leaving the
thriving colony. Seven assistants are left in charge
with strict instructions that if the colonists
should decide to leave the fort, they would carve
their destination on a tree and add a Maltese cross
if they had to leave because of attack
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1590 |
August 15 1590 John White
arrives back to Roanoke to find that the settlers
have all disappeared. The word "CROATOAN" is found
carved into a tree without any crosses or signs of
distress. The fate of "The Lost Colony" still
remains a mystery
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1602 |
Sir Walter Raleigh sends
Samuel Mace of Weymouth on a voyage to Virginia
(North Carolina) to explore and search for survivors
of the Lost Colony
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1606 |
10 April 1606 English
investors form the London Virginia Company are
backed by a royal charter to finance permanent
English settlements in the New World
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1607 |
Virginia Colony established by
colonists dispatched by the London Company found the
first permanent settlement at Jamestown
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1609 |
Henry Hudson (1565-1611)
English and navigator explores the area
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1612 |
John Rolfe (1585 - 1622)
exports first crop of improved tobacco |
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1614 |
John Rolfe and Pocahontas
marry at Jamestown on April 5 1614 |
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1671 |
Thomas Batts and Robert Fallam
establish English claims to the Ohio Valley |
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1722 |
Virginia government allows
families to live rent-free for ten years on land
owned by the state |
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1722 |
Iroquois surrender claims to
land south of the Ohio River in addition to counties
in the eastern panhandle
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1725 |
Northern part of western
Virginia explored by fur trader John Van Nehne
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1732 |
Scottish, Irish, Welsh, and
German pioneers settle the western portions of
Virginia including Harper's Ferry
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1744 |
Territory ceded to the English
by Indians of the Six Nations |
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1748 |
"The Harpers Ferry" begins
carrying passengers across the Shenandoah River
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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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1788 |
Statehood - The Date that
Virginia was admitted to the Union - June 25, 1788.
Constitution - Virginia was the 10th State to be
admitted to the Union. State Motto - " Sic Semper
Tyrannis " the State Motto is translated as " Thus
Always to Tyrants".
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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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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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