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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 Montana History - The Early 1800's
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The Native Indians
of Montana were the Arapaho, Arikara, Assiniboin, Atsina,
Bannock, Cheyenne, Chippewa, Cree, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa,
Kalispel, Kiowa, Kutenai, Mandan, Nez Perce, Piegan, Salish,
Tunaheand the Spokan tribes
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1800's - Conflict
erupts between settlers and Native Indians throughout the
1800's. The Native Indians are gradually forced to cede their
lands
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The
southern section was claimed by the United States as part of
the Louisiana Purchase (1803)
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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 - 1806 -
(Choctaw) and northern (Chickasaw and
Cherokee) Indian
cessions open up land to white settlement
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1805-1806 - Lewis
and Clark explore Montana - Info Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809)
and William Clark (1770- 1838)
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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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1846 - The Oregon
Treaty gives the rest of Montana to the U.S.
Facts about the
History of Montana 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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1872 - Congress
creates Yellowstone National Park
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1876 - The Plains Indians
including the Sioux, Cheyenne, Arapahoe, Ute, Kiowa, Lakota
and Comanche nations fought bitter wars over the land during
the 1800's led by chiefs such as Crazy Horse, Red Cloud, and
Sitting Bull. One of the most famous battles was the defeat of
General
George Armstrong Custer at the
Battle of Little
Bighorn
on June 25, 1876. Treaties were made and broken and there were
bloody massacres. Many of the tribes were forced to go to Indian
Reservations.
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1876 - Nez Pierce
Indian Chief Joseph lead his people out of Oregon into
Montana, but was forced to surrender in 1877 near Bear's Paw
Mountains in northern Montana
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1889 - November 8,
Montana became 41st state of United States
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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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