Maine

The History of Maine

By ElisabethC
  • Wabonaki groups come into Maine.
    Jan 1, 1400

    Wabonaki groups come into Maine.

    These people hunted deer and ox and caribou and used stone tools they formed what is now Maine.
  • Giovani de Virnanzzo lands on the Coast of Maine
    Jan 17, 1524

    Giovani de Virnanzzo lands on the Coast of Maine

    The first Europeon who definently reached Maine's coast in the service of France.
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    King Phillips War is Fought

    King Phillips came to Maine and met indions King Phillips wanted the land but the indions wanted an agreement over land but the english just ignored it and fought for land.
  • Maine Becomes a part of Massachusetts

    Maine Becomes a part of Massachusetts

    Maine settlers did not have anywhere to settle so they joined Massachusetts.
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    Revolutionary war

    People got mad at britan for taxing tea so they burned a shipment and the britan got mad so they started a war.
  • Maine Becomes a State

    Maine Becomes a State

    Maine becomes the 23rd State.
  • Border dispute Between Canada And Maine

    Border dispute Between Canada And Maine

    After the Revolutionary War Maine's border was Gone so canada and Maine alwase fought over land.
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    The Civil War

    Slavery was very harsh and some poeple hated it so they wanted to abolish it and help slaves get away and so slave owners reported to the goverment and so a civil war broke out.
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    Margaret Chase Smith Becomes the First Woman Elected to the U.S. senate

    Margaret served as a U.S. repersenitive and a U.S. senator.
  • Samantha Smith Stopped War

    Samantha Smith Stopped War

    Samatha Smith thought a nuclear war might have broke out but she was not scared but she was worried so she wrote to the soviet president and he was touched by her letter and stopped the war.