A.D.

1619. Negro slavery introduced in Virginia 1620. Landing of Pilgrims at Plymouth

Formation of second Plymouth Company

1621. Formation of Dutch West-India Company
1623. Portsmouth and Dover settled. The Dutch began to
colonize New York.

1628.

Settlement by Endicott at Salem.

1629. Formation of Massachusetts Company. Francis Higginson's emigration. Winthrop's emigration . Grant of Maryland to the first Lord Baltimore

1633. Connecticut settled at Windsor

1634. Maryland settled at St. Mary's

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1635. Colony at Saybrook, Conn., Hartford, and Wethers

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1639. Connecticut settlements united as the Connecticut

Colony

First printing-press in New England

1643. First New-England Confederation

1645. Clayborne's Rebellion in Maryland

1663. Carolina granted to Shaftesbury and others

1664. New Netherlands taken by the English, and named New York

Settlement of Elizabethtown in New Jersey

1675. King Philip's War

1676. Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia

1682. Pennsylvania settled by William Penn La Salle explored the Mississippi

1687. Connecticut charter hid in the Charter Oak 1689. Andros seized and sent to England

King William's War.

1692. Salem witchcraft delusion

William and Mary College founded in Virginia.

A.D.

1700. Yale College founded in Connecticut.

1702. Queen Anne's War

1729. North and South Carolina permanently separated

1732.

Washington born in Virginia, Feb. 22.

1733. Georgia settled by Oglethorpe

1744. King George's War

1745. Louisburg taken from the French

1753. Washington sent as a commissioner to the Ohio Val

ley

1754. Washington defeated the French at Great Meadows 1755. Expulsion of Acadians

Braddock's defeat

1759. Wolfe captured Quebec

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1763. Peace of Paris. Cession of Canada. Pontiac's War, 156 1765. Parliament passed the Stamp Act

Patrick Henry's resolutions in the Virginia Assembly,
Congress of nine colonies met in New York. Decla-
ration of Rights, and petition to the King. Stamp-
officer hung in effigy .

Hutchinson House destroyed

1766. Stamp Act repealed, May 1 .

1767. Duty imposed on tea and other imports, June 29.

British troops arrived in Boston, Sept. 27

1770. Boston Massacre, March 5

1772. Destruction of the "Gaspee," June 10

1773. All duties repealed except on tea. Boston Tea Party,

1774. Boston Port Bill put in force, June 1

The first Continental Congress met at Philadelphia,

Sept. 5

1775. Battle of Lexington, April 19

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Allen and Arnold captured Ticonderoga, May 10.
Washington chosen commander-in-chief, June 15
Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17

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Washington took command of the American army at
Cambridge, Mass., July 3. Montreal surrendered to
Montgomery, Nov. 13. Montgomery defeated and
slain at Quebec, Dec. 31.

A.D.

1776. Boston evacuated by the British, March 17.

Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence,
July 4
British repulsed at Fort Moultrie, S.C., June 28.
Battle of Long Island, Aug. 27. [The American
forces under Gen. Putnam were here hemmed in,
and cut to pieces. Greenwood Cemetery is part of
the battle-field.] Washington defeated at White
Plains, Oct. 28. The British captured Fort Wash-
ington, Nov. 16. Washington victorious at Tren-

ton, Dec. 26. 1777. Washington victorious at Princeton, Jan 3. Battle of Brandywine, Sept. 11. [An unavailing attempt of the American troops to save Philadelphia. The army was preserved from overwhelming defeat by Gen. Greene.] Howe occupied Philadelphia, Sept. 26. Army went into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Dec. II Tryon's expedition against Connecticut, April 26. Ticonderoga captured by Burgoyne, July 5. Americans defeated at Hubbardton, July 7.

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captured by Barton, July 10. Battle of Bennington,
Aug. 16

Americans repulsed at Germantown, Oct. 4. Battle
of Saratoga, Oct. 7. Burgoyne surrendered to Gates,
Oct. 17

1778. France acknowledged the independence of the United
States, Feb. 6

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British evacuated Philadelphia, June 18. Battle of
Monmouth, June 28. [Washington, intercepting
Clinton as he was withdrawing his army from Phila-
delphia, came up with him at Monmouth. Gen.
Lee's forces, prematurely retreating, were met and
rallied by Washington, who sharply rebuked their
commander. The British, however, got away in the
night, and escaped defeat.] Battle and massacre at
Wyoming, July 3. American victory at Quaker

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1779.

1780. 1781.

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Hill, R.I. Massacre at Cherry Valley, Nov. 11. Campbell captured Savannah, Dec. 29 "Mad Anthony" Wayne took Stony Point, July 15. Victory of Paul Jones, Sept. 23 Major André executed as a spy, Oct. 2 Articles of Confederation ratified by the States. Arnold's expedition against New London, Sept 6. Battle of Eutaw Springs, Sept. 8. Yorktown besieged by Americans and French, Sept. 30 Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, Oct. 19 1782. A preliminary treaty of peace was signed at Paris between Great Britain and the United States, Nov. 30, 1783. Savannah evacuated by the British, July 11. New York evacuated by the British, Nov. 25. Charleston evacuated by the British, Dec. 14 Washington resigned his commission to Congress, Dec. 23. A definite treaty of peace signed at Paris between Great Britain and the United States, Nov. 30

1786.

The American army disbanded, Nov. 3

Shays's Rebellion in Massachusetts

1787. Slavery excluded from North-west Territory by act of

The Constitution of the United States went into ef-
fect.

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A treaty of peace made with France

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1801. Thomas Jefferson elected President

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1802.

Tripoli declared war against the United States
Ohio admitted to the Union

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Expedition of Lewis and Clark

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1803. Louisiana bought of Napoleon

1804 Decatur destroyed the frigate "Philadelphia "

Burr killed Hamilton in a duel

1807. Robert Fulton launched his steamboat

The "Leopard" attacked the American frigate

Congress laid an embargo on American ships

1809. Congress forbade commerce with England and France.

1811. Victory of Gen. Harrison at Tippecanoe

1812. United States at war with Great Britain. Gen. Hull invaded Canada. Gen. Hull surrendered Detroit.

American frigate "Constitution " captured the
'Guerrière," Aug. 19. Americans defeated at
Queenstown. The American sloop “Wasp " cap-
tured "The Frolic." American frigate "United
States" captured "The Macedonian." The Ameri-
can frigate "United States" took "The Java."

Convention at Hartford called.
Louisiana admitted to the Union.

1813. The British frigate "Shannon" took "The Chesa

Perry gained his victory on Lake Erie, Sept. 10.
Creek War .

1814. The British entered Washington, and fired the public buildings. The treaty of peace signed at Ghent