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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
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1788 - Julien
Dubuque becomes the first white settler in Iowa.
Facts about
the History of Iowa History - The Early 1800's
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The Native Indians
of Iowa were the Chippewa, Dakota, Fox, Illinois, Iowa, Nez
Perce, Pahodja, Pawnee, Winnebago, Missouri, Moingwena, Omaha,
Oto, Ottawa, Peoria, Ponca, Potawatomi, Sauk and Winnebago
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1800's - Conflict
erupts between settlers and Native Indians throughout the
1800's
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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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1832 - The "Black
Hawk War" and the Sauk tribe was forced to cede their land
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Native Indians
were forced farther and farther West
Facts about the
History of Iowa 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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