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  1. 1826
    Mosquitoes arrive in Hawai‘i
    European and American ships carry the first mosquitoes to Hawai‘i, where there are no blood-sucking ...
  2. 1821
    Sequoyah’s syllabary makes written Cherokee possible
    Sequoyah, a Cherokee silversmith in northeast Alabama, often works for white settlers and is impressed ...
  3. 1820s
    Commercial agriculture and whaling transform Hawai‘i
    As foreign agricultural businesses gain control of more of the Hawaiian Islands, converting land for ...
  4. 1819
    Hawaiian queen lifts kapu, or taboos
    Before the arrival of Europeans in the 18th century, an extensive system of taboos, or kapu , regulates ...
  5. 1817
    U.S. frontier advances, pushing Native peoples westward
    All along its western border, the U.S. presses for more land to accommodate the expanding nation. To ...
  6. 1815
    Cattle ranching comes to the Big Island of Hawai‘i
    John Parker, who had jumped ship as a young sailor a few years earlier, finds favor with King Kamehameha. ...
  7. 1813
    Tecumseh’s vision of unity dies; U.S. invades northwest tribal lands
    While the British colonel Henry Proctor and his troops, including some American Indians, retreat into ...
  8. 1813
    U.S. expansion divides tribes, leads to Creek Civil War
    Florida Governor Andrew Jackson, with the Cherokee and Choctaw, retaliates against the Muscogee Creek ...
  9. 1812
    War of 1812 breaks Tecumseh’s resistance
    Tecumseh and his followers ally with the British as the War of 1812 (1812–15) begins. Tecumseh negotiates ...
  10. 1812
    Cherokee and Choctow hope for long-term U.S. alliance
    As the U.S. and Britain fight the War of 1812 on fronts from Mexico to Canada, tribes seek strategic ...
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