Outline of Indiana

History of Indiana

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Indigenous peoples
- Evidence of human activity date as early 8000 BC.
- Hopewell culture developed agriculture and begins Indiana's first permanent settlements. 200 BC-400 AD
- Mississippian culture supersedes the Hopewells, who disappeared for unknown reasons, 900
  - Mississippians build Angel Mounds, 1000.
- Beaver Wars begin between the Iroquois Confederacy and the Algonquian Confederacy depopulates much of Indiana. c. 1580 - 1701
  - French fur traders enter Indiana and establish Tassinong, the first European outpost in Indiana, 1673
- Sieur de La Salle explores much of Indiana for the first time, claiming it for Louis XIV of France, 1679
  - Algonquian tribes (including Miami, Wea, Shawnee, Pottawatomie) return to Indiana. 1680-1700
- Indiana is part of the French colony of Louisiane, 1699–1763
- Vincennes is founded along the Buffalo Trace, 1732
French and Indian War breaks out, British capture the French outposts in Indiana, 1760–1761
- Pontiac's Rebellion spreads to Indiana, 1763.
  - The Treaty of Paris of 1763 grants Indiana to the United Kingdom
- Indiana becomes part of the British (Francophone) Province of Quebec, 1763–1783
  - Indiana is part of protected native lands, and closed to settlement. 1769-1773
American Revolutionary War, April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783
- United States Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
- George Rogers Clark invades Indiana capturing key British holdings in the Illinois Campaign. 1778-1783
- Treaty of Paris, September 3, 1783
- Unorganized territory of the United States, 1783–1787
- Virginia gives Indiana to the United States Government, 1784.
- Northwest Indian War, 1785–1795
  - Harmar campaign, 1790
Northwest Territory, (1787–1800)–1803
- Treaty of Greenville signed, opening part of Indiana for settlement for the first time by Americans, 1795
Territory of Indiana, 1800–1816
- Treaty of Fort Wayne is signed, opening up much of southern Indiana to settlement, 1809.
- Administration of the District of Louisiana, 1804–1805
- Slavery in Indiana becomes a major issue, 1805.
- Tecumseh's War, 1811–1812
  - Battle of Tippecanoe, 1811
  - Yellow Jackets
- Indiana in the War of 1812, June 18, 1812 – March 23, 1815
  - Tecumseh's War merges with the War of 1812
  - Siege of Fort Harrison, September 1812
  - Siege of Fort Wayne, September 1812
  - Battle of Wild Cat Creek, November 1812
  - Battle of the Mississinewa, December 1812
  - Treaty of Ghent, December 24, 1814
State of Indiana becomes 19th state admitted to the United States of America on December 11, 1816
- Treaty of St. Mary's is signed, opening most of central Indiana for settlement, 1819
- Bank of Indiana created, 1832
- Indiana verges on bankruptcy, almost all of the state's public works are liquidated by the creditors, 1841
  - Most of the native tribes are removed from Indiana, 1838–1846.
- Treaty of the Wabash signed, opening most of northern Indiana to settlement, 1840
- William Henry Harrison becomes ninth President of the United States on March 4, 1841
- Mexican–American War, April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848
  - Indiana's population exceeds 1 million, 1850
  - Indiana adopted a new constitution, 1851
- Abraham Lincoln becomes 16th President of the United States on March 4, 1861
- American Civil War, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865
  - Indiana in the American Civil War
    - Morgan's Raid, June 11 – July 26, 1863
      - Battle of Corydon, July 9, 1863
  - Natural gas is discovered near Eaton, Indiana, 1876
- Indiana Gas Boom begins, 1884
  - Natural gas supplies run low, ended the boom, 1905
- Benjamin Harrison becomes 23rd President of the United States on March 4, 1889
- Vietnam War, September 26, 1959 – April 30, 1975
  - Indiana adopts a series of constitutional amendments that alter the makeup of the government, 1970–1971

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