NOTES:
Marblehead, MA, history timeline
Historical Context for Calico Bush, by Rachel Field:
click on website link for complete text:
http://www.mpbn.net/homestom/timelines/natamtimeline.html
Early Maine up to 1748
10,500 years – first Native Americans arrived in Maine
1400AD – 20,000 Native Americans inhabit Maine
1600 – first English settlements in Maine
1616-1619 – 90-95% of Native Americans wiped out by European caused diseases.
1675-1678 First Anglo-Wabanaki War (King Philip's War) begins after an Indians' uprising against English settlements. Six thousand English settlers are killed or driven out of a huge area from Wells to Pemaquid.
1688-1759 - A series of five "French and Indian" wars are fought by Indians, French and English. English settlers offer bounties for Indian scalps. French offer bounties for English scalps.
1744-1748 - Fifth Anglo-Wabanaki War (King George's War) begins after France declares war on Britain, and the conflict spills over into northeast America. English declare war on Micmacs and Maliseets.
Marblehead, MA, history timeline
Historical Context for Calico Bush, by Rachel Field:
click on website link for complete text:
http://www.mpbn.net/homestom/timelines/natamtimeline.html
Early Maine up to 1748
10,500 years – first Native Americans arrived in Maine
1400AD – 20,000 Native Americans inhabit Maine
1600 – first English settlements in Maine
1616-1619 – 90-95% of Native Americans wiped out by European caused diseases.
1675-1678 First Anglo-Wabanaki War (King Philip's War) begins after an Indians' uprising against English settlements. Six thousand English settlers are killed or driven out of a huge area from Wells to Pemaquid.
1688-1759 - A series of five "French and Indian" wars are fought by Indians, French and English. English settlers offer bounties for Indian scalps. French offer bounties for English scalps.
1744-1748 - Fifth Anglo-Wabanaki War (King George's War) begins after France declares war on Britain, and the conflict spills over into northeast America. English declare war on Micmacs and Maliseets.