Native American Indians

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
01/01/700	Upgrading	Mississippian American Indians create politicial leaders called "Chiefdoms." Towns are situated near streams and now have defensive structures.
01/01/1492	America is found	Christopher Columbus finds America while searching for new trade lanes to Europe.
01/01/1540	Infection	Hernando de Soto and his group search for gold in North Carolina. The Europeans meet the natives and give them diseases such as smallpox.
01/01/1584	Looking for land	Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe go to North America in search of new colony sites. They find and excellent place at Roanoke Island.
01/01/1585	Establishment	The English establish a settlement at Roanoke Island.
01/01/1590	Deserted	Governer White returns to Roanoke island to find it deserted.
01/01/1650	Moving Places	White settlers move through Indian territory along the rivers of North Carolina.
01/01/1653	Exploring more	Virginia legistrator Francis Yeardly hires Nathenial Batts to explore the Albemarle sound area as a possible place for settlement. Batts trades with the natives and becomes the first permanent settler.
01/01/1675	Resistance	Chowanoc Indians attack whites. They are stopped wuth heavy casualties.
01/01/1700	Building a fort	An Indian slave escapes and serves as an architect in making the large Tuscorora fort near the Neuse River.
09/22/1711	War of the Tuscorora	Tuscorora war begins. Tuscorora clans attack white settlers. Virginia refuses to send troops but gives $1'000 for assisstance.
01/01/1715	Treaty	The Tuscorora sign a treaty with the white setllers. They are moved to the riverbanks of the the Pamlico River.
01/01/1730	A visit to the King	Cherokee leaders meet King George II. They pledge frindship with the English.
01/01/1738	Epidemic	A smallpox epidemic kills off about 50% of the Cherokee population in North Carolina.
01/01/1750	Conflict	Cherokee and colonists fight over expanding colonists land.
01/01/1754	The French and Indian war	The french and english start the the French and Indian war in North America.
01/01/1760	A new Militia	The British and American Militia dstroy Cherokee villages and save Fort Prince George garrison.
02/01/1763	Another treaty	The treaty of Paris is signed ending the French and Indian war in Ameica.
01/01/1861	The American Civil War	42'000 North Carolinians die in the civil war. Over 200'000 black indian slaves are recruited for the Confederacy.
01/01/1875	Voting	The North Carolinia law is changed allowing Indian men over the 21 the right to vote.