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13,000 BCE
Native Americans Migrate to America
The native Americans migrated by chasing animals like elk and woolly mammoths about 13,000 B.C. They did it by crossing a temporary land bridge. It was about a 50 mile crossing. They migrated to places southern and souther and east and east. Expect people like the PNW -
Juan de Fuca
Juan De Fuca comes over and names the straight after him and was looking for trade routes. He is from Spain. -
Hudson Bay starts
They get a charter. They find Black Death . They then leave and setup around hudson bays many forts. -
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French and Indian war
The British battle France. The Brittish win. In trurth the Indians was on both sides. -
Captain Cook visits and claims Washington
On the date bellow caption cook after accidentally hitting Hawaii to get to Washington He hit Cape Flattery in Washington. -
George Vancouver
George Vancouver comes over. He is one of the first Captans in Washington. He claims Puget sound. He is from England. He also took names of his crew and himself to name certain stuff. -
George Washington bush
George Washington bush is nice. He has the most successful farm at the time. He also gives meals and beds. It is actually 1800ish -
Louisiana purchase
Thomas Jefferson payed to France money for a huge amount of land west of the Great Lakes. -
Lewis and Clark
Sent by president Jefferson. They traveled boot foot and horse. They noted many new plants and animals.1804-1806 -
Major Fur trade starts
Many forts are made to trade for fur I the northwest. First the people trade for fur with the native Americans . Then they sell the fur for stuff like money and maybe gold. -
Hudson Bay gets other companys
Hudson Bay takes control of northwest. They also control Astor. -
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Many people go west.
People head west. They do it to spread religion by creating places like the Whitman mission. They try to spread god to natives. They fail. Natives already had religion.A argument caused every mission to end. Heads get chopped off because of dieseses. -
Fur trade ends
Fur trade ends. They do not want fur any more. Also there was not a lot any more. -
The Whitman massacre happens
The Natives cut the heads off most men and one women because they spread diesese and many other reasons. Before that half the natives died. -
Railroad
20,000 workers started a railroad that went from Tacoma to St. Paul. Stpaul already had many rail roads so you could transfer to get across country. -
Great Seattle fire
The fire burns up. The fire destroys many blocks. It is a horrible event. -
Worlds fair century 21 Seattle.
Worlds fair was showing off the brand new tech and other stuff. -
Baseball seattle
Seattle gets its first team. It is the Seattle piolets. They are a MLB team.
