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1673 - The Jesuit
priest Jacques Marquette (1637-1675) and the French Explorer
and fur trader Louis Jolliet (1645-1700) explore the
Mississippi.
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1680 - Father
Louis Hennepin (1626-1705), the Flemish Recollect friar and
explorer,
sees the Falls of St. Anthony, future site of Minneapolis
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1682 - French
explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (1643-1687)
navigates the Mississippi River to its mouth and claims it for
France
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1699 - Pierre Le
Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville (1661 - 1706) and his brother Jean
Baptiste le Moyne, Sieur D'Bienville (1680–1768), establish
the first capital of the French colonies
Facts about the
History of Missouri History - 1700's
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1714 - Frenchman,
Etienne de Véniard, sieur de Bourgmont, (1679-1730) builds a
fort on the Missouri River
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1719 - Pierre
Duque de Boisbriant on behalf of the French King and Marc
Antoine de Is Loire des Ursins on behalf of the India company
establish St. Philippe
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1719 - Marc
Antoine de Is Loire des Ursins begins mining for lead and
silver in Mine La Motte area and black slaves are put to work
in the mines
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1724 - Fort
Orleans built on the north bank of the Missouri River by
Etienne de Véniard, sieur de Bourgmont, (1679-1730) in present
Carroll County
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1756 - 1763 - The Seven Years War (French and Indian War) due to disputes over land is won by Great Britain. France gives England all French territory east of the Mississippi River, except New Orleans. The Spanish give up east and west Florida to the English in return for Cuba
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1762 - Treaty of
Fontainebleau - Spain gains control of the Louisiana Territory
from France
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1770 - May 20 -
Spanish government officially assumes control of the Territory
of Louisiana
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1775 - 1783 - The
American Revolution creates the United States of America. The
Revolution was due to the British burden of taxes and total
power to legislate any laws governing the American colonies
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July 4, 1776 -
United States Declaration of Independence
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July 10, 1778 -
France declares war against Britain and makes an alliance with
the American revolutionary forces
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September 3, 1783
- The Treaty of Paris is signed by the victorious United
States and the defeated Great Britain
Facts about
the History of Missouri History - The Early 1800's
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The Native Indians
of Missouri were the Caddo, Dakota, Delaware, Fox, Illinois,
Iowa, Kickapoo, Missouri, Omaha, Osage, Oto, Sauk and Shawnee
tribes
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1800 - Spain
returns the Louisiana Territory to France by the Treaty of San Ildefonso
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1803 - The Louisiana
Purchase - In 1803, the United States bought the Louisiana
Territory from France. The U.S. Secretary of State, James
Madison paid 15 million dollars for the land
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1805 - The
Territory of Louisiana established
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1805 - The land is
further explored by the Lewis and Clark expedition - Info -
Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) and William Clark (1770- 1838)
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1812 - Portion of
the Territory of Louisiana became the Territory of Missouri
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1812 - 1815 - The
War of 1812 between U.S. and Great Britain, ended in a
stalemate but
confirmed America's Independence
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1817 - Zebulon M.
Pike (1779-1813), a native of New Jersey reaches St. Louis on
the first steamboat to navigate the Mississippi River
Facts about the
History of Missouri History - The American Civil War
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1861 - 1865 The
American Civil War. In 1859 John Brown raided Harpers Ferry
and set in
motion events that led directly to the outbreak of the Civil
War. Abraham Lincoln, a
known opponent of slavery, was elected president and in 1861
the South Secedes. The
initial Secession of South Carolina was followed by the
secession of Mississippi, Florida,
Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas,
Tennessee, and North Carolina.
These eleven states eventually formed the Confederate States
of America. The
bombardment of Fort Sumter was the opening engagement of the
American Civil War.
The surrender of Robert E. Lee on April 9 1865 signalled the
end of the Confederacy.
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1865 December 6 -
The Abolishment of Slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment to the
U.S Constitution is ratified, thus officially abolishing
slavery
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1898-1901 The
Spanish American War. On December 10, 1898 the Treaty of Paris
the US annexes Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines.
Origin of the name
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