Historical outline of Indiana

The following is an outline of the history of the U.S. State of Indiana with hyperlinks to relevant Wikipedia articles.

Outline

*History of Indiana
**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 Algonquin 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
***Algonquin tribes, (including Miami, Wea, Shawnee, Pottawatomie) return to Indiana. 1680-1700
**Indiana is part of the French colony of la Louisiane, 1699-1763
***Vincennes is founded, 1732
***French and Indian War breaks out, British capture the French outposts in Indiana, 1760-1761
***Pontiac's Rebellion spreads to Indiana, 1763.
***Treaty of Paris of 1763, Indiana is transferred to Britain.
***Indiana is part of protected native lands, and closed to settlement. 1769-1773
**Indiana is transferred to the British Francophone Province of Quebec, 1763-1783
**American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
***United States Declaration of Independence of 1776
***George Rogers Clark invades Indiana capturing key British holdings in the Illinois Campaign. 1778-1783
***Treaty of Paris of 1783
**Unorganized territory of the United States, 1783-1787
***Viriginia gifts Indiana to the United States Government, 1784.
***Northwest Indian War, 1785-1795
**Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, (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
***Tecumseh's War merges with the War of 1812, 1812-1814.
**Indiana is granted statehood, 1816.
***Treaty of St. Mary's is signed, opening most of central Indiana for settlement, 1819
***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.
***Indiana's population exceeds 1 million, 1850
***Indiana adopted a new constitution, 1851.
***Indiana in the American Civil War, 1861-1865
****Morgan's Raid and the Battle of Corydon, 1863
***Indiana adopts a series of constitutional amendments that alter the makeup of the government, 1970-1971

ee also

*United States of America
**State of Indiana
***Hoosier
****List of Indiana-related topics
*History of the United States
**History of Indiana
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