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Jan 1, 1000
BC-1500 AD Woodland Period
Native Americans begin farming and become less nomadic. -
Jan 1, 1492
-1493 Columbus
His Ships- The Nina, The Pinta, And The Santa Maria. His voyage was sponsored by spain. He landed in the Caribbean -
Jan 5, 1500
-1600 Tribes live in PA and First Contact With Europeans
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Jmestown
Jamestown Virginia was settled -
Henry Hudson Discovers Delaware Bay
Henry Hudson explores and discovers the Delaware Bay -
Pilgrims Settle
Pilgrims settle in Plymouth(Massachusetts) Their ship was called the Mayflower -
Peter Minuit
First a sweddish general went on a mission and peter was elected as the leader. They went through the delaware bay and kept going because it belonged to the dutch. They landed in present day wilmington, Delaware. He then named it new sweeden. As more people came he was elacted Govenor because he knew the most about the area. -
Dutch Take over New Sweden
The Govenor of new sweeden ends the peace with the dutch by building three forts. He then took a dutch settlement and the sweedish retaliated by briging soldiers. The Sweedish quickly surrendered and made a promise to stay peacefull with the dutch and they continued to live there. -
England Takes over New York
England Wanted back their land so they took soldiers to present day new york and the dutch had to surender because none of the citizens wanted to fight.So england took back their land. -
William Penn
The Quakers were being persecuted so William Penn purchased land from the king for all the Quakers to find safety from persecution. -
PA is founded
William Penn Trades with the indians to get their land in return for goods. -
William Penn Dies
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Franklin Arrives In Philly
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Walking Purchase
William penns sons did not share the same belief in being fair with the natives. the natives were told that they had a deal that we could have all the land that we could walk in a day and a half. His sons hired two runners who ran the whole time and In the end they covered over 1,200 sq. miles of land. -
-1763 French and Indian War
The English and French claimed to own the Ohio region and would not give it up.The French attacked and took over the english trading post and then built a fort to protect it the french were in the lead until the english atacked and took their main forts. The French even had Native Americans on their side but they lost. They were still fighting othes for three more years. -
Pontiacs Rebellion
The natives near the ohio region were not happy with the British taking over and their war policies. They fought back and destroyed many forts and killed many people. The brithish sighned a treaty and divided the land and fixed the war policy. -
Stamp Act
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Townsend Acts
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Coal is used in homes
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Boston Tea Party
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Intolerable Acts are passed and the 1st continental congress
The First Continental Congress was a covention and 12 of the 13 states met in Philadelphia. They met briefly to consider options to boycott british trade and compromises. Britain appealed their request so they had another meeting. -
2nd Continental Congress
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Constitution was written
In 1776 Pennsylvania made its first state constitution in response to the Declaration of Independence and instrucions to ignore british rule.It was based on giving a broad range of rights to the people and giving almost all of the power to them. It was replaced in 1790. -
-1778 Washington Occupies Valley Forge
Washington Moved to valley forge to get closer and spy on the British Army in Philadelphia.The americans were freezing and starving because of the shortages. A Prussian military leader came and trained the army to make them better and in the end they were but they lost many men. -
Articles of Confederation
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US constituton Adopted and first steamboat
John Fitch made the first successful steamboat, launching it in the Delaware River in front of the delegates from the Constitutional Convention. He built a larger boat that carried passengers and freight. -
John Fitch invents steamboat
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George washington Elected President
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Cornplanters Grant
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Lancaster Pike is complete
The first long-distance paved road built in the United States. It linked Lancaster to Philadelphia at a length of 62 miles.
