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13,000 B.C
The Paleo Indians arrived to Tennessee. The word "Paleo" comes from Greeks meaning "ancient" or "very old." They crossed the Bering Land Bridge to come to the new world. -
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6,000 B.C
The Archaic Indians arrived to Tennessee. They created a weapon called, "Atlatl", which is a spear thrower. An Archaic settlement was found in Eva near Benton County. -
Mar 24, 750
750 B.C, Woodland Indians
The Woodland Indians arrived to Tennessee. They were culturally and technically advanced tribes who began permanently inhabiting villages. -
Mar 24, 1095
The Crusades Began
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Mar 24, 1492
Columbus Arrived to the New World
Columbus established continual contact between the new and old world. -
Mar 24, 1539
Spanish explorer, Hernando De Soto, landed in Florida
He landed in Flordia in search of riches and resources in 1539. -
Mar 24, 1540
De Soto arrived in TN
He was the first European to set foot in Tennessee -
Mar 25, 1542
De Soto Died
De Soto was appointed Conquistador of the New World. De Soto died from being ill in 1542, after crossing the Mississippi. Of the original 600 men in the De Soto expedition, only 311 survived. -
The Spanish Armada was defeated by the British
The defeat of the Spanish Armada made England a much better country because of their pride. -
Jamestown was founded
The founder of Jamestown is John Smith. -
]Quebec was founded
In 1608, the French settled Quebec. -
The French arrived in Tennessee
The French arrive to Tennessee and the first English came to Tennessee. -
La Salle built a fort in Memphis
The fort La Salled built is called Fort Prudhomme. -
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King Phillip's War
The war is named after the main leader of the Native American side, The war lasted from 1689-1697. -
The French established a trading post in Nashville
In 1710 a French trader built a trading post on the Nashville Mound, to trade with the Shawnee that lived there. -
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The Fench and Indian War
The French fought a series of Wars over control of Europe and their overseas empires. -
The British built a fort Loudoun
The fort was on Cherokee Territory called Fort Loudoun -
Good relations between the British and Cherokee come to an end
After a few distiputes the good relations between the British and the Cherokee finally ended. -
British Army was sent to relieve Fort Lououn
The Bristish Army was sent to releive fort Loudoun. -
Treaty of Paris was signed
The Treaty of Paris was peace between Great Britain -
Proclamation Line
The Proclamation, in effect, closed off the frontier to colonial expansion. The proclamation was presented as a measure to calm the fears of Indians, as they felt the Colonists would drive them out of their land and force them to move Westward. -
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Revolutionary War
Cherokee fought with the Americans in the Revolutionary War -
Going West to Wilderness Road
200,000 people had West on the Wilderness Road. -
Tennessee becomes a state
Tennessee became a state on June 1, 1796. -
War of 1812
The war of 1812 was fought between the United States and England. The United States declared war on England for various reasons. The most popular reason was because they wanted to expand, -
The Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Andrew Jackson, the Cherokee Indians, and the White Sticks helped defeat the Red Sticks. -
The Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was a forced movement of the Indians by Jefferson. The Indians were forced to moved Westward onto Reservations.
