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200
Paelo Indians
Paelo indains are the first to arrive in Tennessee -
300
Archaic Indians
Archaic Indians arrive in Tennessee -
Mar 28, 750
Woodland Indians
Woodland indians arrive in Tennessee -
Mar 29, 1000
Mississippian Indians
Mississippian Indians arrive in Tennessee -
Mar 28, 1492
Columbus arrive in America
in his attempt to reach China, Columbus arrive in the Americas, and establishes a claim to the New world for Span -
Mar 28, 1540
De Soto Arrives in Tennessee
Hernado De Soto arrives in Tennessee as he explores North America for Spain -
Mar 28, 1542
De Soto Dies
Hernado Desoto dies near the modern day city of Memphis, Tennnesssee and is buried by his men in the Mississippi river -
Spanish Arnmada is defeated
the defeat of the Spanish Armada allows the Fench and English to begin settlement in the new world. -
James town is Established
The British established their first settlement in the New world at James town Virigina. -
First Englishmen in Tennesssee
The first Englishmen visit Tennesssee and befriend the Cherokee indians for the first time. -
La Salle Arrives for the French
La Salle builds a fort for the French near the modern day city of Memphis ,Tennessee -
French trade at french lick
The French establish a trading post at a plce they name ''French Lick'' near the modern day city of Nashville -
French And Indian war Begins
The Cherokee side with the British agaisnt the French -
Ft.Loudoun Built by British
The British build Fort Loudoun in what is today eastern Tennessee -
Cherokee and British conflict
The Cherokee and British become enemies -
French and Indian War ends
The british with the french and Indian war, and it ends with the singing of the Treaty of paris -
Proclamation Line
The British king George 3 establishes the Proclamation Line, which is an attempt to keep the land of the various Indian groups out of the hands of the American colonists. -
Treaty of Ft. Stanwix
The British buy the iroqouis Indians' claim to the land that is now the states of Kentucky and Tennessee, opening it up to white settlement -
Wataugua Settlement
Wataugua becomes the first white settlement in what is today the state of Tennessee, and was started by William Bean -
Cherokee in Revolunitonary & Revolution
The Creek Indians help the Americans during the war for independence -
Tecumseh
Tecumseh leads the Shawnee agasint the Americans in the War of 1812 -
Battle of Horsehoe Band
Andrew Jackson, with the help of the Cherokee, and White stick Creek Indians defeats the Red Stick Indaians (allied with England) at the Battle of HorseShoe Bend -
Trail of Tears
After Congress passes the Indian Removal Act, thousands of Native Americans are forced to move west of the Mississippi River.