HISTORY 



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A. D. 



FROM THE SETTLEMENT OF JAMESTOWN TO THE DECLARATION OF 

 INDEPENDENCE 16O7-177'; 



British America 



French America 



America 



1642 



1643 

 1645 



1647 

 1656 



1664 

 1665 



1670 

 1671 



1673 



1675 

 1676 



1681 

 1683 



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1700 

 1701 



1719 



1729 



1739 



1711 





1759 

 1760 

 1762 

 1763 



Sir William Berkeley Governor of 



Virginia. 



Swedes settle in Pennsylvania. 

 Free schools established at Roxbury, 



Ma-. 

 Peter Stuyvesant. Governor of New 



Amsterdam. 

 Mint established in Boston, John 



Hull mintmaster. 

 North Carolina settled. 

 Delaware brought under Dutch rule. 

 Quakers arrive in Boston. 



\msterdam surrendered to the 

 !;sh. 

 Provincial government established 



in Maine. 



South Carolina settled. 

 French settle in Michigan. 



Nc\\ York and New Jersey surren- 

 dered to the Dutch. 

 King Philip's War in Massachusetts. 

 Nathaniel Bacon's rebellion in Virginia. 



William Perm receives charter for 

 Pennsylvania. 



First assembly in New York under 

 English rule. 



Colonial Congress called in New York, 



Willinmstown made capital of Vir- 

 ginia. 

 Philadelphia incorporated as a city. 



Srotrh-Irish settle in New Hamp- 

 shire. 



British Government formally recog- 

 nizes colony of Newfoundland. 

 First stage between Boston and New 



Richmond, Va., founded by William 



h theSix Indian Nations, 

 l.oinxhurg captured by New England 

 troops. 



Franklin experiments with d. 

 neater opened in New ^ 



\ ork to consider 

 a Colonial Confederacy. 



h and Indian War. 

 Hraddock defeated at It. Duquesne. 



of Lake George. 

 ! rontenac surrendered to the 

 ,-h. 

 Battle of Quebec Wolfe and M.m- 



. illifl. 

 Montreal M- the British. 



- cedes Canada to the English. 

 English settle in New Mrun- , 



Massacre of Wyoming. 



1641. Montreal founded. 



1659. Laval, first Bishop of Que- 

 bec. 



French fur traders explore 

 Lake Superior. 



1668. Marquette establishes mis- 

 sion at Sault Ste. Mane. 



1669. La Salle sails down the 

 Ohio to the Mississippi. 



1670. Maine, east of the Penob- 

 scot, occupied by the French, 



1672. Count de Frontenac Gov- 

 ernor of Canada. 



1673. Marquette and Joliet in 

 Iowa. 



Fort Frontenac (Kingston, 

 Ont.) built. 

 1679. French at Niagara Falls. 



1682. La Salle descends the Mis- 

 sissippi to the Arkansas, and 

 names the valley Louisiana. 



1685. French in Texas under La 

 Salle. 



1689. French occupy Hudson 

 Bay territory. 



Iroquois capture Montreal 

 and Lachine. 



1691. Acadia retaken by the 

 French. 



1702. Settlement in Alabama on 



Mobile Kiver. 

 1710. Port Royal captured by 



English fleet. 

 1718. New Orleans founded. 



1729. Massacre of French at 

 Nate lies by Indians. 



1745. Louisburg captured by the 

 Bnti.th. 



1749. Fort Kouille (Toronto 

 built. 



Mariii DuqtMOM, Gov- 

 ernor of Canada. 



1755. French defeat Braddock. 



1759. Quebr surrrndcrs to thr 



1760. Marquis de Vninlrrml. lni 



. h (iovern-T "f Cnnniia. 

 1762. Louisiana ceded to Spain. 



1661. Dutch give up Brazil. 

 am denies the right 

 of England to the Prov- 

 ince of Carolina. 



1665. St. Augustine pillaged 

 by English buccaneers. 



1671. Danes 

 Thomas. 



occupy St. 



1685. Dam pier. English bi 

 cancer, sacks Leon. 



1693. Gold mining begin* in 

 Brazil. 



1710. French capture Rio de 

 Janeiro. 



1719. French capture Pensa- 



cola. 

 1722. Pensacola restored to 



Treaty between Chil- 

 eans and Spanish. 



themselves at Monte- 



vernor Oglethorpe 

 attacks Flonda. 



1758. Jesuits expelled from 

 Brawl. 



1763. Spain aequirva Ixroia- 



i an. -i from trance. 



-nda ceded to Great 



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