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13000 BC Paleo Indians
Paleo Indians were the first people to arrive in Tennessee -
300
6000 BC Archaic Indians
The Archaic Indians were the second group of indians to settle in Tennessee -
400
750 BC Woodland Indians
Woodlands Indians arrive in Tennessee -
Mar 24, 1000
Mississippian Indians
Mississippian Indians arrive in Tennessee -
Mar 24, 1492
Columbus arrives in America
Columbus set up continual contact between the Old World and thte New World in 1492 -
Mar 24, 1540
Hernando de Soto arrives in Tennessee
Hernado de Soto was the first european to set foot in Tennessee -
Mar 28, 1540
Hernando de Soto lands in Florida
Hernando de Soto lands in Florida in 1540 -
Mar 24, 1542
Hernando de Soto dies near Memphis, Tennessee
In the spring of 1542 Hernando de Soto died near Mempis, Tennessee and was buried in the Mississppi River -
Spanish Armada defeated
The Spanish Armada was destoryed in 1588 by the Bristish, this allowed France and England to start setting up colonies in the New World -
Jamestown
Jamestown was settled by John Smith in 1607 -
Quebec settled
Samuel de Champlain settled Quebec in 1608 -
First English arrive in Tennessee
The English arrive in Tennessee around the same time as the French in 1673 -
French arrive in Tennessee
French arrive in Tennessse around the same time as the English -
La Salle builds a fort in Mempis, Tennessee
La Salle builds Pruthome Fort in Memphis area in 1682 -
French establish trading post in the Nashville, Tennessee area
The French established the French Lick in the Nashville area -
Daniel Boone's grandfather came to the New World
Daniel Boone's grandfather moved his family to Pennsylvania in 1717 -
all 13 colonies were established
Great Britian established 13 colonies in the eastern coast of North America -
Daniel Boone born
Daniel Boone was born in 1734, he would gorw up to be a frontiersmen -
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The French and Indain War
The French and Indain War began in 1754 and ended in 1763. The war was between England and Frence over land ownershihp in the New World, England won the war -
Daniel Boone fought in the French and Indian war
Boone fought in the French and Indian war with the British -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battle of Lexington and Concord was in 1755, it started the Revolutionary War -
Watauga Settlement
1st settlement in Tennessee -
Treaty of Fort Stanwix
With the Treaty of Fort Stanwix the Bristish purchased the claim of Iroquois tribe to the territory of Kentucky and Tennessee -
c.1770- Daniel Boone Tries to Find Cumberland Gap
Daniel Boone began to search for a trail through the Appalachian Mountians -
Wilderness Road created
In 1775, Boone and 30 other woodsmen cleared the Comberland Gap and made it into the Wilderness Road. -
Declaration of Independece
The United States declared independence from Great Britian on July, 4th 1776 -
Tennessee becomes a state
Tennessee became the 16th state of the United States in 1796 -
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War of 1812
The War of 1812 was fought between England and the United States -
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
The Battle of Horseshoe Bend was fought in 1814, it was apart of the Creek War
