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13,000 BC Paleo Indians
The Paleo Indians arrive in Tennessee. -
300
6,000 BC Archaic Indians
The Archaic Indians arrive in Tennessee. -
Mar 24, 750
750 BC Woodland Indians
The Woodland Indians arrived in Tennessee. -
Mar 24, 1000
Mississippian Indians
The Mississippian Indians arrived in Tennessee. -
Mar 24, 1492
Columbus Arrives in America
In his journey to reach china he ended up landing in the new world. He sets up continual contact between the old world and the new world. -
Mar 24, 1540
De Soto Arrives in Tennessee
De Soto arrives in Tennessee around what is now Chattanooga. -
Mar 24, 1542
De Soto dies near Memphis
In the spring of 1542, after crossing the Mississippi River, De Soto gets ill and dies. -
Spanish Armada
The Spanish Armada was defeated by the British in 1588. -
Jamestown established by England
The English establish Jamestown along the Atlantic coast. -
Quebec established by the French
The french settled in Canada and established Quebec. -
English first in Tennessee
James Needham and Gabriel Arthur were the first two Englishmen to set foot in Tennessee. -
Geogia establishment
When Georgia was established as a colony in 1733, the British now had established thirteen colonies. -
Daniel Boone was born
Danie Boone was born in 1734. -
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Long Hunters
Long hunters entered Tennesee in the 1750-60s. There only obstacle was the proclamation line. -
French and Indian begins
The French and Indian War started in 1754. The indians were basically stuck in the middle of all the fighting. -
British army
In June of 1760 a British army of 1800 men were sent to relive Ft. Loudon, but the Cherokee had already attacked and shattered the fort. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was signed in the fall of 1763 ending the war between France and Great Britian. -
The French and Indian War ends
The French and Indian War ends in 1763. -
Treaty of Fort Stanwix
Under the Treaty of Fort Stanwix the British purchased the claim of Kentucky and Tennessee. -
William Bean
Bean and his party cleared out land in Tennessee during the fall of 1768. -
Cumberland Gap
This was a passage way for people to move west without going over the mountains. -
Hard Labor Treaty
Under the Hard Labor Treaty, a portion of land was reserved fro the Cherokee Indians in east Tennessee. -
Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone got his first adventures in 1775 during the French and Indian War. He fought along with George Washington. Boone was a wagon driver. -
Wilderness Road
Daniel Boone and 30 woodsmen turned the Indian Trail into the Wilderness Road that way families could travel with wagons and animals. The Wilderness road went on for almost 300 miles. -
Wilderness Road
In 1790 almlost 200,000 people had moved west on the Wilderness Road. -
Daniel Boone dies
Daniel Boone dies in 1820 at the age of 85.
