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200
13,000 BC
The Paleo Indians arrive. -
300
6,000 BC
Archaic Indians arrive in Tennessee. -
Mar 26, 750
750 BC
Woodland Indians arrive in Tennessee. -
Feb 5, 1492
Columbus
Christopher Columbus arrives. -
Mar 26, 1539
Hernando De Soto
In 1539, just 47years after Columbus first reached over the New World, the spanish explorer Hernando De Soto landed in Florida to purchase what he thought were unlimted riches. He was the first known European to set foot on what was to become Tennessee. -
Mar 26, 1540
Hernando De Soto
De Soto arrives in Tennessee in Chattanooga. -
Mar 26, 1542
De Soto
In 1542, De Soto dies near Memphis. -
Spanish Armada
The Spanish Armada sailed from Spain in July 1588. The Spanish Armada's task was to overthrow protestant England lead by Queen Elizabeth I. -
Jamestown Settlement.
Jamestown was established by England. -
Quebec Settled French
The French settlement of Quebec was a major turning point in The expansion of France's growing international empire, as it became the nation's first North American colony. -
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham first visted Tennessee. -
French & La Salle
La Salle builds to come to Tennessee, also French arrive in Tennesee. -
King Philp War
Beginning in 1689 with what became known was King Philips' War, France & Great Britian Faught a series of wars over control of the Euope & their overseas empire. -
French
The French established trading posts in the Nashville aera. -
French & Indian
The French & Indian war ends. -
Treaty Of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was signed. -
Hard Labor Treaty
Opened up Kentucky & Tennesee white settlement. -
Cumberland Gap
Alot of people moved to the west, so they wouldn't have to climb over moutains. -
Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone was born 1734. Daniel did his work himself. His first adentures came in 1755, during the French & Indian war. He & 30 woodsmen turned that Indian trail into a road that families could travel with wagons, which would know me be called the Wilderness Road. -
Cherokee
The Cheeroke help fought in the American Revoultion. -
Almost 200,000 had gone west.
The Wilderness Road,and it went 300 miles. By 1790 almost 200,000 people had gone on the Wilderness Road. -
Tennesee
Tennessee became a state. -
Shawnee & (Red) Creek
The Shawnee & Red Creek faught with the Bristish. The Cherokee helped the Americans. -
Tecumseh
The Tecumseh tries to unit against the Indians against American Settlement. -
5 Tribes
5 tribes of Indians sent Weston to the Trail Of Tears.
