Preceding this Period there are some legendary accounts of
discoveries by Norsemen, Irish missionaries and even Asiatics.
Little importance attaches to any except those of the Norse
discoverers, chief of which was Lief Ericsson and his brother
Thorwald who came upon the mainland of North America about 1000 to
1004. The discoveries of Columbus and Vasco da Gama opened a new
era, during which the Spaniards explored and settled the West
Indies, Mexico, and the southern part of the present United States;
while the English and French explored, claimed, and made
unsuccessful attempts at settlement in the North.
+-------+--------------------------------+--------------------------------+
|=Dates=| =Spanish Explorers and Rulers= | =Portuguese Explorers and |
| | | Rulers= |
+-------+--------------------------------+--------------------------------+
| |=Ferdinand and Isabella, 1474- |=Emanuel I., the Great, 1469- |
| |1516.= |1521.= |
| | | |
| =1492=|1492. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, an | |
| |Italian, supported by Ferdinand | |
| |and Isabella, set sail from | |
| |Palos, Spain (August 3), and | |
| |discovered America (October 12),| |
| |landing at one of the Bahamas, | |
| |which he named San Salvador. | |
| |During the following three | |
| |months he visited the islands of| |
| |Cuba and Hayti. | |
| | | |
| |1498. Columbus made a THIRD | |
| |voyage, discovering the island | |
| |of Trinidad and the mainland of | |
| |South America, near the mouth of| |
| |the Orinoco River. | |
| | | |
| |1499-1507. Amerigo Vespucci |1499. VASCO DA GAMA DOUBLED THE |
| |wrote a letter to a friend |CAPE OF GOOD HOPE AND REACHED |
| |claiming to have discovered a |INDIA. Another route to India |
| |part of the South American coast|was thus revealed. |
| |in 1499, and an account of this | |
| =1500=|voyage was published. The new |1500. Cortereal, a Portuguese, |
| |continent, therefore, was named |explored the coast from Labrador|
| |after him by the German geo- |to Nova Scotia. |
| |grapher Waldseemüller, who had | |
| |read the account. | |
| | | |
| |1502. Columbus made a FOURTH | |
| |voyage. He explored the coast of| |
| |Central America and Panama, re- | |
| |turned to Spain discouraged and | |
| |died four years later in the | |
| |belief that he had discovered | |
| |India by sailing west. | |
| =1510=| | |
| |1512. PONCE DE LEON, seeking a | |
| |legendary fountain of youth, | |
| |DISCOVERED FLORIDA, so named be-| |
| |cause he landed on Easter Sun- | |
| |day, the Spanish “Feast of | |
| |Flowers.” | |
| | +--------------------------------+
| |1513. BALBOA crossed the Isthmus| =French Explorers and Rulers= |
| |of Panama and discovered THE +--------------------------------+
| |PACIFIC, which he took posses- | |
| |sion of, with its coast and | |
| |islands, for Spain. | |
| | | |
| |=Charles I. of Spain and Charles| |
| |V. of Germany, Emperor. 1516- | |
| |1556.= | |
| | | |
| |1519-1521. CORTEZ CONQUERED |=Francis I., 1515-1547.= |
| |MEXICO for Spain. This conquest | |
| |led to the establishment of | |
| |Spain’s Empire in the new world.| |
| |The mines brought great wealth | |
| |to Spain and formed thebasis of | |
| |Spanish prosperity in the | |
| |following years. | |
| | | |
| =1520=|1520. MAGELLAN, a Portuguese in | |
| |Spain’s service, discovered the | |
| |strait named after him. He | |
| |reached and named the PACIFIC | |
| |OCEAN. | |
| | | |
| |1521. Magellan discovered the | |
| |PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. His fol- |1524. VERRAZANO, sailing in the |
| |lowers, after his death, con- |service of France, traced the |
| |tinued westward and completed |American coast northward from |
| |the first circumnavigation of Cape Fear, and discovered New |
| |the globe in 1522. |York harbor. |
| =1530=| | |
| | |1535. Cartier, in search of a |
| |1539. Coronado and a force of |northwest passage, ascended the |
| |Spaniards marched northward from|St. Lawrence to Lachine Rapids |
| |Mexico to Colorado and Kansas |and Mont Réal (Montreal). |
| =1540=|and discovered the GRAND CANON | |
| |OF THE COLORADO RIVER. |1541. Roberval and Cartier made |
| | |an unsuccessful attempt to es- |
| |DE SOTO, at the same time, led |tablish a French colony on the |
| |an army of about a thousand into|St. Lawrence. |
| |northwest Florida. HE REACHED | |
| =1550=|THE MISSISSIPPI in 1541. | |
| | | |
| |=Philip II., 1556-1598.= | |
| =1560=| |=Charles IX., 1560-1574.= |
| | | |
| | |1562. Jean Ribault establishes a|
| | |Huguenot settlement at Port |
| | |Royal. |
| | | |
| |1565. The Spaniards, under |1565. The Huguenot settlement |
| |MENENDEZ, founded ST. AUGUSTINE,|destroyed by Menendez. |
| |Florida. | |
| =1570=| | |
| =1580=| | |
| |1582. Spanish monks planted | |
| |missions in New Mexico and | |
| |Arizona. | |
| =1590=| | |
| |1598. A Spanish settlement was |=Henry IV., 1589-1610.= |
| =1600=|planted by OÑATE near SANTA FE, | |
| |New Mexico. |1603. CHAMPLAIN entered the St. |
| | |Lawrence. THE FRENCH OCCUPATION |
| | |OF CANADA began with Champlain. |
| | |His maps, reports, and settle- |
| | |ments stimulated French enter- |
| | |prise. |
| | | |
| | |1605. Champlain founded PORT |
| | |ROYAL (Annapolis, N. S.), and |
| | |sailed in an exploring expedi- |
| | |tion as far south as Cape Cod. |
+-------+--------------------------------+--------------------------------+
+-------+--------------------------------+--------------------------------+
|=Dates=| =English Explorers and Rulers= | =European Events= |
+-------+--------------------------------+--------------------------------+
| |=Henry VII., 1485-1509= | |
| =1492=| |1492. End of the Moorish domin- |
| | |ion in Spain. Death of Lorenzo |
| | |de Medici, the “Magnificent” at |
| | |Florence. |
| | | |
| | |1494. Beginning of a series of |
| |1497. JOHN CABOT, an Italian in |Italian wars, lasting till 1539.|
| |the service of Henry VII. of | |
| |England discovered the coast of | |
| |NORTH AMERICA, probably at | |
| |Labrador. He was accompanied by | |
| |his son, Sebastian. | |
| | | |
| |1498. Sebastian Cabot, on a | |
| |SECOND voyage, probably explored|1499. The Swiss gain their inde-|
| |the Atlantic coast from Labrador|pendence from the Emperor |
| |to Carolina. These voyages were |Maximilian. |
| =1500=|not followed by any attempt at | |
| |colonization. |1502. Outbreak of war between |
| | |France and Spain in Italy. |
| =1510=| | |
| | |1511. Pope Julius II. forms the |
| | |Holy League against France and |
| | |Spain. |
| | | |
| | |1513. James IV. of Scotland in- |
| | |vades England, and is killed at |
| | |battle of Flodden Field. |
| |=Henry VIII., 1509-1547.= | |
| | |1515. Wolsey appointed Chancel- |
| | |lor by Henry VIII. of England. |
| | | |
| | |1519. The German Empire, Spain, |
| | |Netherlands, Two Sicilies and |
| | |the Spanish Indies united under |
| | |Charles V. |
| =1520=| | |
| | |1521. Beginning of the wars be- |
| | |tween Charles V. of Germany and |
| | |Francis I. of France. |
| | | |
| |1527. Captain John Rut explores |1527. Expulsion of the Medici |
| |the coast of North America. |from Florence. |
| =1530=| | |
| | |1535. Henry VIII. of England |
| | |assumes the title of supreme |
| | |head of the Church in England. |
| | | |
| =1540=| |1543. England enters into an |
| | |alliance with Charles V. against|
| =1550=| |France. |
| =1560=|=Elizabeth 1558-1603.= | |
| | |1562. Beginning of the Huguenot |
| =1570=| |wars. |
| |1576-1578. FROBISHER, in the | |
| |interest of England, made three | |
| |attempts to find a northwest | |
| |passage to Asia. | |
| | | |
| |1578. DRAKE explored the Pacific| |
| =1580=|coast as far north as the state | |
| |of Washington. He had previously|1581. Declaration of indepen- |
| |doubled Cape Horn. He claimed |dence by the Dutch. |
| |the land for England. | |
| | |Queen Elizabeth was financially |
| |1583. HUMPHREY GILBERT landed at|interested in many of the expe- |
| |St. John’s, Newfoundland, and |ditions which followed, and she |
| |took possession of the country |knighted most of the men who |
| |for England. |commanded expeditions. |
| | | |
| |1584. SIR WALTER RALEIGH sent | |
| |out an expedition under Captain | |
| |Arthur Barlow. The expedition | |
| |landed at Pamlico Sound and the | |
| |region was named VIRGINIA in | |
| |honor of Elizabeth. | |
| | | |
| |1587. Raleigh despatched another|1587. Execution of Mary, Queen |
| |expedition, consisting of two |of Scots. |
| |ships with one hundred and fifty| |
| |men and women, to Roanoke |1588. Battle of the Spanish |
| |Island. John White was the |Armada. |
| =1590=|Governor. Virginia Dare, the | |
| |first white child born in Ameri-|1595. France declares war |
| |ca, was born here. |against Spain. |
| =1600=| | |
| |1602. GOSNOLD, an English mer- | |
| |chant, made a settlement at | |
| |Buzzard’s Bay, R. I. | |
| | | |
| |=James I., 1603-1625.= | |
| | | |
| |1603. Martin Pring enters the | |
| |present harbor of Plymouth. |1604. Charles IX. ascends throne|
| | |of Sweden. |
| | | |
| | |1606. In England there was orga-|
| | |nized the VIRGINIA COMPANY for |
| | |the purpose of establishing |
| | |trading colonies in America. |
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=II. THE COLONIAL PERIOD OF UNITED STATES HISTORY, INCLUDING ITS
SETTLEMENT (1607 TO 1689); AND ITS CONSOLIDATION (1689 TO 1763)=
The real history of the United States begins with this period.
Within it the original Thirteen Colonies were established; New
England and Virginia grew in influence and population; the Indian
power in the East was subdued; the Colonies increased in strength
and self-reliance, and the struggle between England and France for
control of the New World was settled in favor of the English.
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| =THE SOUTHERN COLONIES= |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| =Virginia= |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|1607. The London Company made THE FIRST PERMANENT ENGLISH SETTLEMENT IN |
|AMERICA, AT JAMESTOWN, VIRGINIA (MAY 13). Jamestown was named after the |
|English King, James I. |
| |
|1619. Virginia settlers establish the _FIRST REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY IN |
|AMERICA_, called _The House of Burgesses_. |
| |
|The FIRST SLAVES were sold in Virginia. |
| |
|1622. An Indian attack was made on Jamestown. |
| |
|1624. Virginia was made into a _royal colony_. |
| +------------------------+
| : =Maryland= |
| +------------------------+
| :1632. Lord Baltimore ob-|
| :tained a charter to |
| :Maryland. |
| : |
| :1634. First permanent |
| :settlement made at ST. |
| :MARY’S by CALVERT. |
|1642-1652. William Berkeley governor of : |
|Virginia, which became a refuge for Cavaliers :1645. Maryland Catholics|
|from England. :and Virginia Puritans |
| :engaged in rebellion. |
| +------------------------+ |
| : =Carolinas= :1649. The Maryland |
|1652. Puritan Commis- +------------------------+Assembly passed a |
|sioners with an army :1653. Settlement of :TOLERATION Act. |
|compelled Virginia to :ALBEMARLE, North : |
|accept the rule of the :Carolina, by Virginia : |
|Puritan Commonwealth. :pioneers. : |
| : : |
|1660. The restoration of: : |
|Charles II. in England : :1661. Charles Calvert |
|brought about the return:1663. Carolina granted :appointed governor. |
|of Berkeley in Virginia.:to a company of pro- : |
| :prietors. : |
|The restoration was wel-: : |
|comed by the Cavaliers :1669. John Locke drafts : |
|of Virginia, but the :a constitution for : |
|Massachusetts Puritans :Carolina. : |
|delayed a year before : : |
|proclaiming Charles :1670. CHARLESTON, S. C.,: |
|king. A SECOND INFLUX OF:settled and territory : |
|PURITAN IMMIGRANTS FOL- :divided into North and : |
|LOWED THE RESTORATION. :South Carolina. : |
| : : |
|1676. BACON’S REBELLION : : |
|broke out in Virginia. : : |
| : : |
|1689-1697. KING WILLIAM’S WAR. The FIRST INTER-COLONIAL WAR. This marked |
|the beginning of a contest which continued with little intermission until |
|the downfall of French power in America. |
| : : |
|1702-1714. QUEEN ANNE’S WAR. The SECOND INTER-COLONIAL WAR began between |
|France and England. This war was confined mainly to the east; the French |
|attacking New England, and the New Englanders retaliating. |
| : : |
| :1721-1729. The Carolinas: |
|1728. Boundary estab- :are royal colonies. : |
|lished between Virginia : : |
|and North Carolina. :1729. North and South :1729. BALTIMORE founded.|
| :Carolina permanently : |
| :divided into two pro- : |
| :vinces. : |
| +------------------------+ |
| : =Georgia= : |
| +------------------------+ |
| :1733. Last of the thir- : |
| :teen original colonies : |
| :settled by Oglethorpe at: |
| :SAVANNAH. : |
| : : |
| :1742. Spaniards attacked: |
| :Georgia; defeated by : |
| :Oglethorpe. : |
| : : |
|1744-1748. KING GEORGE’S WAR. The THIRD INTER-COLONIAL WAR broke out |
|between England and France. Louisburg was restored to France, much to the |
|dissatisfaction of the New England colonists. |
| : : |
| : :1744. Treaty with the |
| :1749. First English ship:“Six Nations.” |
| :reaches Georgia. : |
|1753. GEORGE WASHINGTON : :1753. The Potomac River |
|was sent by Governor : :explored to its source. |
|Dinwiddie to order the : : |
|French out of the Ohio : : |
|valley. : : |
| : : |
|1754-1763. THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. The FOURTH and LAST INTER-COLONIAL |
|WAR broke out between the French and English, which was ended by THE |
|TREATY OF PARIS in 1763. |
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| =NEW ENGLAND COLONIES= |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| =Massachusetts= |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|1607. The Plymouth Company established a colony on the Kennebec River, in |
|Maine under Sir Ferdinando Gorges. The colony failed. |
| |
|1620. The Pilgrim Fathers landed at Cape Cod November 11, and formed the |
|FIRST SETTLEMENT IN NEW ENGLAND AT PLYMOUTH (December 22), under the FIRST |
|REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN AMERICA. |
| +------------------+
| : =New Hampshire= |
| +------------------+
| :1623. First |
|1628. The permanent settlement of Massachusetts Bay :settlement on |
|Colony began by the settlement of SALEM under JOHN :Piscataqua River, |
|ENDICOTT. :by John Mason. |
| : |
|1629-1640. The “Great Migration” of Puritans to Massa- : |
|chusetts. : |
| +------------------+ |
|1630. BOSTON WAS FOUNDED by the En- : =Connecticut= | |
|glish Puritans. The first general +------------------+ |
|court in New England met there :1633. Settled at : |
|October 19. :Windsor by : |
| :Pilgrims. : |
| : : |
| +------------------+1633-1636. Coloni-: |
| : =Rhode Island= :zation of : |
| +------------------+Connecticut River : |
| :1636. Roger :valley. : |
| :Williams settles : : |
| :at Providence. :1637. =Pequot : |
| : :Indian War.= : |
| :1638. Ann : : |
| :Hutchinson settled: : |
| :in Rhode Island. : : |
| : : : |
| :1639. Newport : : |
| :founded. : :1640. Provisional |
|1641. Massachu- : : :government estab- |
|setts Bay Colony : : :lished at Dover. |
|adopted laws known: : : |
|as the _Body of : : : |
|Liberties_. : : : |
| : : : |
|1643. THE FIRST INTER-COLONIAL UNION IN New England. It was formed for |
|protection. |
| : : : |
|1658. Massachu- : :1662. Charter : |
|setts made it a :1663. Charter :granted to : |
|capital offense :granted to Rhode :Connecticut. : |
|for Quakers to :Island. : : |
|return to the : : : |
|colony after ex- : : : |
|pulsion. : : : |
| : : : |
|1675. KING PHILIP’S WAR broke out in New England. |
| : : : |
|1677. Maine became: : : |
|part of Massachu- : : :1680. New Hamp- |
|setts by purchase.: : :shire declared a |
| : : :royal province. |
|1684. Massachu- : : : |
|setts becomes a : : : |
|royal colony. : : : |
| : : : |
|1686-1689. Andros : : : |
|governor of all : : : |
|New England by : : : |
|royal appointment.: : : |
| : : : |
|1689-1697. KING WILLIAM’S WAR. The FIRST INTER-COLONIAL WAR. This marked |
|the beginning of a contest which continued with little intermission until |
|the downfall of French power in America. |
| : : : |
|1691-1693. Salem : : : |
|witchcraft. : : : |
| : : : |
|1702-1714. QUEEN ANNE’S WAR. The SECOND INTER-COLONIAL WAR began between |
|France and England. This war was confined mainly to the east; the French |
|attacking New England, and the New Englanders retaliating. |
| : : : |
|1702. Joseph : : : |
|Dudley appointed : :1728-1731. Final : |
|governor. :1734. Assembly :boundaries estab- : |
| :meets for first :lished with New :1740. Boundaries |
|1742. Peter :time at Greenwich.:York and Rhode :of New Hampshire |
|Faneuil builds : :Island. :determined. |
|“Faneuil Hall.” : : : |
| : : : |
|1744-1748. KING GEORGE’S WAR. The THIRD INTER-COLONIAL WAR broke out |
|between England and France. Louisburg was restored to France, much to the |
|dissatisfaction of the New England colonists. |
| : : :1744. George |
| : :1745. One thousand:Whitefield |
|1749. Famous : :men sent against :preaches in New |
|Indian treaty re- :1754. Providence :Louisburg. :Hampshire. |
|newed at Falmouth.:library chartered.: : |
| : : : |
|1754-1763. THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. The FOURTH and LAST INTER-COLONIAL |
|WAR broke out between the French and English, which was ended by THE TREATY|
|OF PARIS in 1763. |
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| =THE MIDDLE COLONIES= |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| =New York= |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|1609. HENRY HUDSON, employed by the Dutch East India Company, SAILED UP THE|
|HUDSON RIVER searching for a passage to the Indies. |
| |
|1614. The DUTCH established trading stations on Manhattan Island and at |
|Fort Orange (Albany) on the Hudson. They called their possessions NEW |
|NETHERLAND. +------------------+
| | =New Jersey= |
| +------------------+
|1623. The Dutch founded a settlement on Manhattan Island:1623. Ft. Nassau |
|which they called NEW AMSTERDAM (later New York City). :(now Gloucester, |
| :N. J.) established|
|1626. Peter Minuit, director-general of New Netherland, :by the Dutch. |
|purchased Manhattan Island from the Indians for $24. : |
| +------------------+ |
| : =Delaware= : |
| +------------------+ |
| :1627. Swaanendael : |
|1629. Establishment of the patroon :(now Lewis, Del.) : |
|system to encourage settlement in New:founded. : |
|Netherland. : : |
| : : |
|1636. Wealthy colonists from Holland : : |
|settle at Ft. Orange. :1638. A Swedish : |
| :settlement was :1640. English |
|1647-1664. Peter Stuyvesant governor :made near Wilming-:settlements begun |
|of New Netherland. :ton, on the :on Salem Creek. |
| :Delaware. : |
| : : |
| :1655. The Swedish : |
|1657. Proclamation issued against the:settlements on the: |
|Quakers. :Delaware conquered: |
| :by the Dutch. : |
| : : |
| :1664. Delaware :1664. New Jersey |
|1670. Staten Island purchased from :passes under En- :granted to |
|the Indians. :glish rule. :Berkeley and |
| +------------------+ :Carteret. |
| : =Pennsylvania= : : |
| +------------------+ : |
| :1681. Grant of : : |
| :Pennsylvania to : : |
| :William Penn. : : |
| : : : |
| :1682. Philadelphia:1682. Delaware be-: |
|1683. First :laid out by Penn, :comes part of : |
|Assembly in New :and Quaker emigra-:Pennsylvania. : |
|York under English:tion encouraged. : : |
|rule. : : : |
| :Penn’s treaty with: : |
|1689-1690. :the Indians. : : |
|Leisler’s re- : : : |
|bellion in New : : : |
|York. : : : |
| : : : |
|1689-1697. KING WILLIAM’S WAR. The FIRST INTER-COLONIAL WAR. This marked |
|the beginning of a contest which continued with little intermission until |
|the downfall of French power in America. |
| : : : |
| :1701. Penn granted: : |
| :a CHARTER OF : : |
| :PRIVILEGES to : : |
| :Pennsylvania which: : |
| :remained in force : : |
| :until 1776. : : |
| : : : |
|1702-1714. QUEEN ANNE’S WAR. The SECOND INTER-COLONIAL WAR began between |
|France and England. This war was confined mainly to the east; the French |
|attacking New England, and the New Englanders retaliating. |
| : : : |
| : : :1702. New Jersey |
| : :1703. Delaware is :becomes a royal |
| : :made a separate :province under the|
| : :colony. :governor of New |
| : : :York. |
| : : : |
| :1733. Treaty with :1733. Delaware : |
|1735. Zenger’s :the “Six Nations.”:boundaries defined: |
|trial and acquit- : :after twenty :1738. Separate |
|tal in New York, : :years’ litigation.:charter granted to|
|establishes free- : : :New Jersey. |
|dom of the press. : : : |
| : : : |
|1743. Sir George : : : |
|Clinton, governor.: : : |
| : : : |
|1744-1748. KING GEORGE’S WAR. The THIRD INTER-COLONIAL WAR broke out be- |
|tween England and France. Louisburg was restored to France, much to the |
|dissatisfaction of the New England colonists. |
| : : : |
| :1746. Thomas and : : |
| :Richard Penn sole :1750. Trenton : |
|1754. Convention :proprietors of :public library : |
|at Albany to con- :Pennsylvania. :founded. : |
|sider a colonial : : : |
|confederacy. : : : |
| : : : |
|1754-1763. THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. The FOURTH and LAST INTER-COLONIAL |
|WAR broke out between the French and English, which was ended by THE TREATY|
|OF PARIS in 1763. |
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+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| =Progress and Population= | ENGLISH RULERS AND EVENTS |
+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| |1603-1625. =James I.= |
| | |
| |1603. Union of England and Scotland. |
|1616. Tobacco first cultivated by the| |
|English in Virginia. |1625-1649. =Charles I.= |
| | |
| |1627. War with France, over the |
|1636. First college in America |Huguenots. |
|founded by Massachusetts. Two years | |
|later it is named HARVARD in honor of| |
|John Harvard. | |
| | |
|1639. First press in America set up | |
|at Cambridge. Stephen Daye was the | |
|printer, and THE FIRST AMERICAN BOOK | |
|was _The Bay Psalm Book_. | |
| | |
|1640. =Whole number of emigrants to |1640. Meeting of the Long Parliament.|
|New England previous to this time | |
|about 21,200.= |1642. Civil war begins. |
| | |
|1645. Massachusetts established free | |
|schools supported by the State. |1649. Execution of Charles I. |
| | |
| |1649-1660. The Commonwealth under |
| |Cromwell. |
| | |
| |1660. Restoration of the Stuarts. |
| | |
| |1660-1685. =Charles II.= |
|1661. Eliot’s “Indian Testament” | |
|printed at Cambridge. | |
| | |
|1664. Eliot’s “Indian Bible” printed | |
|at Cambridge. |1668. Triple alliance of England, |
| |Sweden and Holland against France. |
|1676. =Population of New England | |
|estimated at 60,000.= | |
| | |
|1680. John Buckner brings a printing | |
|press to Virginia and prints the |1685-1689. =James II.= |
|session laws. | |
| |1688-1689. The “Glorious Revolution.”|
| | |
|1689. First American newspaper |1689-1702. =William III. and Mary.= |
|published in Boston; suppressed by | |
|Massachusetts government. | |
| | |
|1692. THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY| |
|was established in Virginia. | |
| | |
|1700. =Population of colonies about | |
|260,000.= | |
| | |
|1701. YALE COLLEGE was established in|1701. War of the Spanish succession. |
|Connecticut. | |
| |1702-1714. =Queen Anne.= |
| | |
| |1702. Queen Anne war against France |
|1704. Appearance of “The Boston News |and Spain. |
|Letter,” the first newspaper in | |
|America. | |
| | |
|1710. First post office in America at| |
|New York. |1714-1727. =George II.= |
| | |
| |1718. War with Spain. |
|1719. First Spinning-wheel and | |
|_cultivation of potatoes_ introduced | |
|by the settlers of Londonderry, N. H.| |
| | |
|1720. Tea begins to be used in New | |
|England. |1727-1760. =George II.= |
| | |
|1729. “Pennsylvania Gazette” started | |
|by Franklin. | |
| | |
|1736. Appearance of “The Virginia | |
|Gazette,” first newspaper in the | |
|South. | |
| |1739. War with Spain. |
|1740. University of Pennsylvania | |
|founded. | |
| | |
|1741. Moravians first settle in | |
|United States at Bethlehem. |1744. War between England, France and|
| |Austria. |
|1746. New Jersey College, afterwards | |
|PRINCETON. | |
| | |
|1749. =White population of the | |
|colonies 1,046,000.= | |
| | |
|1752. _English Bible_ first printed | |
|in America. | |
| | |
|Franklin experiments in electricity. | |
| | |
|1754. King’s College (now COLUMBIA), | |
|New York City, founded. |1756-1763. Seven Years’ war. |
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