1542: Creek population decreases after an epidemic of smallpox and measles and inter-tribal warfare with the Cherokee and Catawba
1702-1713 The Muscogee become allied to the British colonies and raid the Spanish Apalachee missions during Queen Anne's War
1733: After James Oglethorpe and his Georgian colonists arrive they begin trading with them which leads to establishing strongs cultural ties between the Creek and the Europeans
1775: Support British forces during the American Revolutionary War
1790: Under George Washington the Treaty of New York is passed, forced the Muscogee people to cede a significant amount of their land under the condition that they were allowed