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Period: 9000 BCE to 8000 BCE
Paleo Indians
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Period: 7000 BCE to 6000 BCE
Nomadic peoples
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Period: 6000 BCE to 5500 BCE
Dramatic violence found at Vail Site
Aziscoohos Lake/Magalloway River/NW Maine -
Period: 3000 BCE to 1000 BCE
Red Paint People
Waves new Paleo-Indians arrive from SE -
Period: 1000 BCE to 800 BCE
Ceramic Era
Useful, Decorated fired clay pots appear/ an era of craftsmen -
1000
Lief Erikson
It is rumored that Lief Erikson landed in North America somewhere around the time of 1000 AD -
Period: 1065 to 1080
Mint range of the Maine Penny
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1400
Est. 20,000 population
Estimated Indigenous population in Maine -
Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Columbus lands in the new world -
Period: 1497 to
Europeans arrive
Europeans arrive and encounter Indigenous Peoples / Contact, Challenges, Conflicts -
Jun 24, 1497
Giovanni Coboto
John Cabot discovers the new world for England -
1499
Giovanni Coboto Death
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1524
Giavanni Verrazano
Giavanni Verrazano sails for the new world
He is the the first person to sail to the new world that we have paintings of
He also has the most accurate account of his journey -
1525
Esteban Gomez
Esteban Gomez sails for the new world representing Spain -
1528
Giavanni Verrazano death
Sailed south to the Caribbean's and was killed and eaten by natives -
1565
St. Augustine, FL
Longest continual inhabitation of a European settlement in the Americas -
Period: 1565 to
Sir Ferdinando Gorges
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First Christmas in the new world
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George Weymouth
Sails down coast of Maine
Erects first cross in the new world in St. George Maine
Might have seen the White mountains
Invited 5 natives for dinner and then kidnapped them and took them to England
Maybe showed them to the king
Gave a native by the name of "Squanto" to Sir Ferdinando Gorges -
Period: to
Samuel de Champlain's Voyages
Champlain makes 14 trips to and from the new world
Named: Mount Desert, Lake Champlain, Acadia
Founded Quebec city
Father of new France
Buried Under the great cathedral of Quebec -
Period: to
Trade Is Well Established
mostly fur trade -
Period: to
Beaver Wars
Fighting over fur skins especially beaver
Fighting among the natives and also Europeans -
Jamestown And Popham Colonies Founded
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Sir Popham Dies
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Popham Colony Abandoned
Poor leadership leads to the colony moving back to England -
Jamestown Fishes in Maine
Jamestown sent a ship to Maine to get food to survive -
Captain John Smith Sails Maine Coast
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Shakespeare dies
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Period: to
The Great Dying
some sort of plague kills 90%-95% of natives from Penobscot to Chesapeake bay -
Pilgrims Land In Cape Cod
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"Mayne" & New Hampshire
August 1622 sir ferdinando and john mason get grants from the king of England
john mason comes from Hampshire England
1622 Sir Ferdinando names his land holding "Mayne"
splits land claim with John Mason and names it New Hampshire -
Scamming The Natives
Bought 725 pounds of beaver fur for roughly $14 worth of beads -
Cushnoc Trading Post
exported 20 hogs heads of beaver pelts
1 hogs head can hold 5600 beaver skins if packed tightly -
Murder Trial
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John Hoskins Murder
John Hoskins sails up river anchors off of trading post
he says I'm here to trade and pilgrims say get lost
gets his anchor cut and so gets mad and fires on the town and kills someone
pilgrims kill him -
Samuel de Champlain Dies
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1st Legal Court In Maine
Sir Ferdinando appointed the first legally constituted court of Maine -
First City In Maine
Gorgeana established on the York river -
Sir Ferdinando Dies
He never saw the new world -
Period: to
Jean Vincent De Castine
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"Loving Letter" Wells/Cape Elizabeth
The Puritans sent a lovely letter saying "we will make you free men of Massachusetts and protect you if you submit to us" -
"Loving Letter" Falmouth/Scarborough
The Puritans sent a lovely letter saying "we will make you free men of Massachusetts and protect you if you submit to us" -
Quakers Hung In Massachusetts
puritans hang Quakers in Boston commons for advocating equality -
King Charles II
Charles II is elected to the throne because Puritans were doing a bad job -
Period: to
King Philips War
leads a rebellion that kills almost all the whites in new england like the great dying
attacks Falmouth drives the settlers out to the isles 1676 pushed out to cushings isle -
Puritans Buy Maine
puritans buy the old charter from the grandson of Sir Ferdinando for 1200 pounds technically owning Maine -
Battle Of Deering Oaks
battle fought in deering oaks the french and english have a battle in october
bracket farm
major benjamen church guerilla expert writes it out
english loses first black slave
battle barely won battle by English
some trees were witness to the battle -
Castine Sieges Fort Lloyola
Castine says "as Christians we offer you safe passage"
and once the gates were open he sent the natives in to kill the inhabitants -
York Massacre
Castine burns Falmouth and almost drives the English out of Maine
those not killed were taken captive for ransom (Roughly 100 woman and children -
Salem Which Trials
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Period: to
Sir William Pepperrell
Wealthiest person in the new world
First American baron
Mainer -
Wabanaki
Maine Indigenous Peoples collectively called the Wabanaki -
Period: to
Jerimiah O'Brien
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Fort Louisbourg
French fort built in Canada
Known as the Gibraltar of the new world -
Siege of Fort Louisbourg
Sir William Pepperrell gets knighted for his attack on Fort Louisbourg -
Fort Louisbourg Victory Reaches Boston
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Period: to
John Allen
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Period: to
Peleg Wadsworth
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Fort Halifax Built
oldest blockhouse in the USA -
Fort Western
Oldest still standing fort in the USA
In Augusta -
George Tate House
Built in Stroudwater -
Period: to
Hannah Weston
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Period: to
Commadore Edward Preble
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British and France fight over Canada
Battle fought on the plains of Abraham outside of Quebec -
Boston Massacre
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Boston Tea Party
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Battle at Machias
men gathered in burnhams tavern to discus
raised liberty pole to say fuck you
plan to capture the british in church
O'Briens family chase british vessle taunting them
british "Margaretta" open fire on "Machias Liberty"
attacks war vessle with pitchforks
Victory for the patriots -
Period: to
Col. Arnolds Marches To Quebec
Instead of taking 2 weeks it took 4 months
Hurricane hits army while they're on the river -
Burning of Falmouth
Captain Moet
surrender all your arms and i shall spare your town
9 am on the 18th of october raise red flag and then commence bombardment
for 8 hours bombards town
aim at steeple of first parish church Alice Greeley
tossing red hot cannonballs into ditches with frying pan
fights off troops with broom
Saved her tavern burns 414 of 500 buildings
british takes all vessles in harbor
gorham loots town -
John Allen Meets George Washington
appointed superintendent of the easter indians
sends letter to indians adressing them as brothers we must fight together as brothers
letter exists today -
British Attack Machias
col allen called meeting of native allies in machias
allen and natives have the british trapped
chief hits lucky shot says it was the great spirit and they shall only worship Jesus and George Washington -
Weston Sisters Make Supplies For Machias
Hannah and Rebecca Weston collected gunpowder from neighbors and assisted in making lead bullets and then carried them to Machias -
Bagaduce
Worst navel disaster in us history other than pearl harbor -
Captain Moet Arrives at Bagaduce
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Planned Siege of Bagaduce
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British Attack Peleg Wadsworth
arms himself with muskets pistols and knives
tried as a traitor
get ahold of a gimlet
slowly drill holes in wood celing
manages to escape british army
489 congress is wadsworth longfellow house 1st brick house in portland
only remaining colonial house -
Last Native Raid in New England
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Slavery Abolished In Massachusetts
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British Leave New York City
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British Leave Maine
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Constitution Written
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First US Census
District of Maine has 96,540 -
Portland Head Light
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Bowdoin College Founded
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Year Long Winter
snowed ever month -
Maine Independence
Independence from Massachusetts -
Fourth US Census
Maine population 298,335 -
Joseph Plumb Martin
serves in 9 different battles
keeps notes on battles
moves to Prospect Maine after war
writes memoirs -
Henry Longfellow Writes About Paul Revere
Paul Revere neglects to arm all 350 cannons in the attack on Bagaduce and yet Henry Longfellow makes him into a hero -
Viking Coin
While excavating a midden they found a coin that dates back to the time of the rule of Olaf Kyree. -
Viking settlement
Permanent Viking settlement discovered -
Private Yankee Doodle
Joseph Plumb Martin has his memoirs rewritten -
Fort Halifax Destroyed by Flood