Important events in British and French History By Christian and Peyton

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
01/01/1500	First settlment in america	English decided to go to america for resourses and wealth.
01/01/1585	First (unsuccesfull) colony	First attempt to establish a colony. Sir Walter Raleigh sent english settlers to Roanoke Island off the coast of present-day North Carolina.
01/01/1607	First (succesfull) colony	English settlers make first succesfull colony named Jamestown.
01/01/1700	England arives in present-day Indiana	The British were exploring and trading with the American Indians by the 1700s
01/01/1747	Miami in Pickawillany	An American Indian named Cheif La Demoiselle Left Kekionga and set up a new village named Pickawillany. The Miami tribe settled in Pickawillany.
01/01/1754	French and Indian War	In 1754 war broke out between the French and the British. The war lasted nine years.
01/01/1763	The War Ends	The British and French signed a treaty called the Peace of Paris. A Native American named Pontiac led a rebellion against the British. A proclamation in 1763 closed land west of the Apillation Mountains.