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Paleo Indians arrive in 6,000 BC
First indians to arrive in what is today Tennessee -
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Archaic Indians arrive in 750 BC
Archic Indians arrive in Tennessee -
Mar 28, 1000
Woodland Indians arrive in 1.000 AD
Woodlands Indians arrive in Tennessee -
Mar 28, 1492
Columbus arrived in America
In his attempt to reach China,Columbus arrives in the Americas and establishes a claim to the New World for Spain -
Mar 28, 1540
DeSota arrives in Tennessee
Hernando DeSota arrives in Tennessee as he explores North America for Spain. -
Mar 28, 1542
DeSota dies
Hernando DeSota dies near the modern day city of Memphis,Tennessee and is ''buried'' by his men in the Mississippi River. -
Spanish Armada is defeated
The defeat of the Spanish Armada allows the French and English to begin settlement in the New World -
Jamestown is established
The British establish their first settlement in the New World at Jmaestown,Virginia. -
First Englishmen in Tennessee
The First Englishmen visit Tennessee 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 place they name the ''French Lick'' near the modern day city of Nashville. -
Long Hunters Enter Tennessee
Long Hunters ignore the Proclamation of 1763 and enter lands west of the Appalchian Mountains to hunt and trap. -
French & Indian War Begins
The Cherokee side with the British against the French. -
French & Indian War
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Ft.Loudoun built by British
The British built Fort Loudoun in what is today eastern Tennessee -
Cherokee & Bitish Conflict
The Cherokee & British become enemies -
French & Indian War ends
The British win the French and Indian war and it ends with the soghning of the Treaty of Parris -
Proclamation Line
The British king George the 3 establishes the Proclamation Line,which is an attempt to keep the land of the various Indian groups out the hands of the American colonists.If doesn't work. -
Treaty of Ft.Stanwix
The Brtish buy the Iroqouis Indians' claim 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. -
Hard Labor Treaty
The British sighns this treaty in an attempt to reserve land in east Tennessee for the Cherokee Indians. -
Mississippi Indians arrive in 1776
Mississippi Indians arrive in Tennessee -
Cherokee in Revolutionary War
Cherokee Indians help the americans during the War of Independence. -
Creek Indians & Revolution
The Creek Indians help the British fight against the americans during the War of Independence. -
Tecumseh
Tecumseh leads the Shawnee against the americans in the War of 1812 -
Battle of Horshoe Bend
Andrew Jackson,with the help of Cherokee,and White Stick Creek Indians defeats the Red Stick Indians (allied with indians)at the Battle of Horshoe Bend. -
Trail of Tears
After congress passes the Indian Removal Act,thousands of Native Americans are forced to move west of the Mississippi River.