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May 16, 1500
People living in the area
Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Creek people are living in present-day Tennesse. -
Period: May 16, 1500 to
Tennessee Time Line
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English and The French
English and French explores enter the tennesse area. -
The French
The French traders made a post trading near present-day Nashville. -
Givinng up land
Franch gives land east of the Mississippi River to England. present-day Tennessee become part of North Carolina. -
The U.S Goverment
The goverment forms the Tennessee territory when North Carolina turns over the land. -
16th state
Tennessee becomes the 16th state. -
Reelfoot Lake
Reelfoot Lake forms after major earth quake. -
West Tennessee
The Chickasaws sell thier land in west Tennessee to the Goverment. -
The civil war
The Civil War starts in April , Tennesse is the last of 11 states to leave the union. -
Rejoining the union
Tennessee is the first southern state allowed back into the union. -
Yellow fever
Yellow fever kills 5,000 people , in the major city Memphis. -
TVA
The Tennessee Valley Authority begins buliding dams. -
Atomic bombs
Oak Ridge National Laboratary begin working on atomic bombs. -
Martin luther King Jr's death
James Earl Ray kills Martin Luther King jr . in Memphis . -
Willie Herenton
He was the first Afican American elected as mayor of Memphis. -
200th Birthday
Tennessee celebrates it's 200th birthday as a state.
