Timeline
1492- Christopher Columbus landed in the Americas and labeled the Indians as inferior.
1500- Settlers brought over diseases such as yellow fever, measles, smallpox, typhoid, and influenza to the Native American.
1513- Ponce de Leon fought with Calusa indians while on his expedition.
1524- Italians kidnapped a Native American boy to bring back to Europe.
1528- Panfilo de Narvaez claimed Florida for Spain.
1539- Hernando de Soto started exploring the south-eastern parts of North America.
1500- Settlers brought over diseases such as yellow fever, measles, smallpox, typhoid, and influenza to the Native American.
1513- Ponce de Leon fought with Calusa indians while on his expedition.
1524- Italians kidnapped a Native American boy to bring back to Europe.
1528- Panfilo de Narvaez claimed Florida for Spain.
1539- Hernando de Soto started exploring the south-eastern parts of North America.
1540- Francisco Vázquez de Coronado fought Zuni Pueblo Indians while exploring the south-western parts of North America.
1541- Coronado started the Tiguex War by exploring present day Kansas and New Mexico areas.
1542- Spanish Emperor Carlos V ended the legislature that allowed Indian slave labor.
1585- 108 people came and established a colony on Roanoke Island
1607- Jamestown was founded.
1614- The Mayflower arrived in Plymouth.
1622- Powhatan Confederacy was established between the Native Americans and colonists. The first uprising in an English, European colony by Native Americans.
1541- Coronado started the Tiguex War by exploring present day Kansas and New Mexico areas.
1542- Spanish Emperor Carlos V ended the legislature that allowed Indian slave labor.
1585- 108 people came and established a colony on Roanoke Island
1607- Jamestown was founded.
1614- The Mayflower arrived in Plymouth.
1622- Powhatan Confederacy was established between the Native Americans and colonists. The first uprising in an English, European colony by Native Americans.
1638- The Pequot Wars occurred between the Pequot Indians and a group of colonists.
1640- The Iroquois Wars began.
1655- The Peach Tree War began between allied tribes of Native Americans and settlements around the area.
1680- The Pueblo Indians resulted against the Spaniards.
1698- The French and Indian War began. Iroquois Indians allied with the French to fight Great Britain.
1711- The Tuscarora War began between the Tuscarora Indians and the settlers in North Carolina.
1722- Iroquois Indians gave up their land in exchange for land in the East.
1764- Pontiac, the Chief of the Ottawa tribe, led a rebellion against the British.
1776- The Cherokee Indians helped out in the Revolutionary War.
1811- Creek Wars between the Creek Indians and a group of armed men led by Andrew Jackson.
1640- The Iroquois Wars began.
1655- The Peach Tree War began between allied tribes of Native Americans and settlements around the area.
1680- The Pueblo Indians resulted against the Spaniards.
1698- The French and Indian War began. Iroquois Indians allied with the French to fight Great Britain.
1711- The Tuscarora War began between the Tuscarora Indians and the settlers in North Carolina.
1722- Iroquois Indians gave up their land in exchange for land in the East.
1764- Pontiac, the Chief of the Ottawa tribe, led a rebellion against the British.
1776- The Cherokee Indians helped out in the Revolutionary War.
1811- Creek Wars between the Creek Indians and a group of armed men led by Andrew Jackson.
1817- The First Seminole Wars began because the Seminole Indians tried to defend runaway slaves and the land they lived on.
1830- The Indian Removal Act was passed by Congress.
1832- Black Hawk War was started by Sauk and Fox Indians trying to take back their lands.
1838- Cherokee, Chocktaw, Creek, Seminole, and Chicksaw Indians were forced to walk along the Trail of Tears.
1854- Sioux Wars led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse.
1855- The Third Seminole War.
1862- The Homestead Act was passed by Congress, which allowed settlers to live in the Great Plains.
1887- Congress passed the Dawes General Allotment Act, which allowed them to sell Indian land to settlers.
1890- The Wounded Knee Massacre occurred.
1907- The First Native American Senator, Charles Curtis, was elected.
1969- It was declared that Indians were US citizens.
("Native American History Timeline," N.d.)
1830- The Indian Removal Act was passed by Congress.
1832- Black Hawk War was started by Sauk and Fox Indians trying to take back their lands.
1838- Cherokee, Chocktaw, Creek, Seminole, and Chicksaw Indians were forced to walk along the Trail of Tears.
1854- Sioux Wars led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse.
1855- The Third Seminole War.
1862- The Homestead Act was passed by Congress, which allowed settlers to live in the Great Plains.
1887- Congress passed the Dawes General Allotment Act, which allowed them to sell Indian land to settlers.
1890- The Wounded Knee Massacre occurred.
1907- The First Native American Senator, Charles Curtis, was elected.
1969- It was declared that Indians were US citizens.
("Native American History Timeline," N.d.)