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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 Utah History - The Early 1800's
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1821 - Mexico wins
independence from Spain and claims Utah
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1822-1829 -
William H Ashley exploration and the discovery of a central
route to the
Pacific sends trappers to northern Utah who answered an
advertisement in the St. Louis
Gazette and Public Advertiser in the winter of 1822:
"Enterprising Young Men...to ascend
the Missouri to its source, there to be employed for one, two,
or three years." Amongst
those to respond were Jim Beckwourth, Tom Fitzpatrick, David
Jackson, Hugh Glass,
Jim Bridger and Jedediah Smith.
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1824 - Jim Bridger
( Old Gabe 1804-1881) discovers the Great Salt Lake
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1826 - Jedediah
Smith (1799-1831) leads expeditions to California and Nevada
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1832 - Antoine
Robidoux ( 1794 - 1860 )builds a trading post in the Utah
Basin
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1841 - Capt. John
Bartleson leads first wagon train of settlers, including Nancy
Kelsey -
the first white woman ever to see Utah, across Utah to
California
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1843 - John C.
Fremont (1813-1890) and Kit Carson ( Christopher Houston "Kit"
Carson ( 1809 - 1868) explore the Great Basin
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1844-45 - Miles
Goodyear ( 1817 - 1849) builds Fort Buenaventura
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1846 - First party
of Mormon settlers arrive in the Salt Lake Valley lead by
Brigham Young (1801-1877)
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1846 - In just
over twenty 70,000 Mormons travelled along the Mormon Pioneer
Trail,
across 5 states in order to escape religious persecution
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1848 - U.S. wins
Mexican War
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1848 - Treaty of
Guadalupe-Hidalgo is signed which cedes Utah to the United
States
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1853 The Walker
War with the Ute Indians begins over slavery among the Indians
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1865-1868 Ute
Black Hawk War last major Indian conflict in Utah
Facts about the
History of Utah 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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