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1300 B.C. Paleo Indians
The Paleo Indians were the first indians to arrive in Tennessee. Paleo comes from the Greeks and means "ancient" or "very old" These Indians were the ones who crossed the Berring land Bridge and arrived at the end of the last Ice Age. -
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6.000 B.C.. Archaic Indians
The Archaic Indians came after the Paleo Indians. They were the first to bring farming and agriculture. These Indians made a very importans weopon called the atlatl. -
Mar 25, 750
750 B.C. Woodland Indians
The woodland Indians were the next INdians to arrive in Tennessee. These were the first Indians to cultivate corn. They made the "weirt", which is like a fishing net, to catch fish. -
Mar 25, 1000
1,000 A.D.
THe mississippians were the last of the prehistoric Indians. -
Mar 27, 1492
1492 Columbus arrives
In the first months on 1492 the last of the muslims were driven from Spain. This opened explorers like Columbus to go accros the ocean in search of Trade Routs to Asia. Columbus arrives in America as an explorer. He was trying to find Asia but instead he found the " New World" -
Mar 27, 1540
1540 De Soto
De Soto is the first european that arrived in Tennessee. De Soto brought 30 men to go with him. He arrived around Chattanooga when he came to the Hiwassee River. De Soto ad his party of 30 men burned and pillaged Idian villages in 1542 after crossing the Mississippi River. -
Mar 27, 1542
1542 De Soto dies
While exploring De Soto dies is 1542 -
1588 Spanish Armada defeated
IN 1588 the Spanish Armada was defeated by the Brittish -
1607 James Town
English come to new world and establish James Town. They settled Jamestow along the Atlantic Coast. -
1608 Quebec
The French established the colony Quebec in Canada -
1673 First Englishmen in Tennessee
The first two Englishmen to set foot in Tennessee were James Needham and Gabriel Arthur. They were guided my a man named Indian John. Later Indian John and Needham got in a fight ad Indian John shot Needham. When Idian John came for Arthur the Cherokee saved Arthur. -
1682 La Salle
In 1682 La Salle built a fort at Memphis. -
1689 KIng Philip's War
King Philips war was between the Brittish and France. This was a war for control over Europe. The fourth war in this series was the French and Indian War. -
1710 French Lick
Other French explorers and traders established a trading poast called the Frech Lick in what is now Nashville. -
1734 Daniel Boone was born
Daniel Boone was born in Pennsylvania. His family were Quakers. Boone's father lived in england and moved to Pennsylvania because he was a Quaker. -
1755 Boone fighting in French and Indian war.
Boone fought alongside the Brittish in the French and Indain War. George Washington also fought in the French and Indian War. -
1763 Treaty of Paris.
The Treaty of Paris wasa signed. Under the Treaty of Paris the Indians were given all land between The Apalachians and the Mississippi. Anyone whp tried to take the land would loose it to King George the 3rd and Great Brittan. -
1768 Treaty of Fort Stenxix
The Treaty of Fort Stenxix was in 1768. The Brittish Purchased a claim of Iraquis Land. -
1770 Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone and his party made a trail out of an Indian train through the mountains. -
1775 Wilderness Trail
In 1775 Boone and his party turned an Indian Trail into a road called the Wilderness Trail. Now families ad others can travel on the road to go west. -
1776 French and Indian war
The Cherokee helped Americans in the Rovolutionary War while the Creek helped the British. The Indians like the Cherokee and Creek were known as historic Indians because they were recorded and seen by people. -
1790 Later on Wilderness Road
By this year almost 200,000 people had gone west on the Wilderness Road. -
1796 Tennessee
Tennessee is now an official state -
1812 battle of 1812
The battle of 1812 was against the Americans and The brittish. Indians wanted to help the americans or the brittish.The Shawnee (Red Sicks) and Creek fought with the Brittsh in the battle of 1812. The Cherokee helped the Americans in this battle. -
1831 Indians going on Trail of Tears
Five Civilized tribes of Indians were sent west on the Trail of tears. These five indian tribes were the Creek, Chickasaw, Chacktaw and Cherokee. There were about 4000 cherokee who died on the trail of tears.
