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Jan 2, 1540
Hernando DeSoto Expedition
Hernando Desoto leads a expedition into today’s Alabama -
Old Mobile Flooded!
After Old Mobile is flooded Alabama's present day Mobile is founded! -
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Creek War
The Creek War Starts Alabama and turns the indians against the settlers! -
Alabama
Alabama Becomes a state -
1830 Indian Removal Act
The 1830 Indian Removal act forces the relocation of Alabama's Native People. -
Montgomery
Montgomery becomes the State capital -
Confederate State
Alabama secedes from the Union -
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Civil War
The Civil War Rages in the South -
Civil War
The war rages in the south -
Boll Weevils
Boll Weevils come to Alabama and destroy cotton -
Great Depression
The Great Depression leaves many Alabamians without homes or jobs -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks is arrested for sitting in the front of the bus where whites were supposed to sit -
Bus Boycott
The bus boycott begins -
Black Church Bombed
A Birmingham church is bombed leaving six 5-11 year old children dead -
March
Dr. Martin Luther King leads a 200 ,000 people march
