5.8: Chronology
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Date | Event |
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1609 | Henry Hudson explored the Delaware and Hudson Rivers |
1614 | Dutch merchants established Fort Nassau (near present day Albany) |
1621 | Dutch government granted a charter to the Dutch West India Company (DWIC) |
1624 | DWIC sent its first settlers to the Hudson River Valley and Manhattan Island |
1626 | Peter Minuet purchased Manhattan Island from the local Indians |
1638 | New Sweden Company began to colonize the Delaware River Valley |
1643 | Kieft’s War between the Dutch and the Algonquians begins |
1655 | New Netherland took over New Sweden |
1663 | Carolina granted to the Lords Proprietors |
1664 | Peter Stuyvesant surrendered New Netherland to English forces; Richard Nicholls implemented the Duke’s Laws for Staten Island, Long Island, and Westchester; Duke of York ceded portions of New York to Sir George Carteret and Lord John Berkeley |
1665 | Bubonic Plague hit England; New Jersey’s proprietors issued the “Concessions and Agreement” |
1666 | Great Fire of London destroyed much of the city |
1667 | William Penn joined the Society of Friends (the Quakers) |
1670 | Charles Town founded in the Carolinas; Secret Treaty of Dover between Charles II and Louis XIV of France |
1673 | The Test Act placed restrictions on Catholics and Non-Conformists |
1674 | English and Iroquois leaders entered into the Covenant Chain; Lord Berkeley sold his interest in New Jersey to a Quaker investor |
1676 | New Jersey divided into East Jersey and West Jersey |
1680 | Charles Town moves to its present location |
1681 | Charles II makes William Penn the proprietor of Pennsylvania |
1682 | Sir Carteret sells his interest in East Jersey to Quaker investors |
1683 | New York’s colonial assembly met for the first time and drew up the “Charter of Liberties and Privileges”; Pennsylvania assembly adopted the “Great Lawn” and the second “Frame of Government” |
1684 | English and Iroquois leaders signed the Treaty of Albany in which the Iroquois became subjects of the English Monarch |
1685 | James II ascended to the throne and canceled the “Charter of Liberties and Privileges” for New York; Huguenots began arriving in Carlina |
1688 | Glorious Revolution; William and Mary succeed to the throne as joint rules |
1689 | Act of Religious Toleration passed; English Bill of Rights created by Parliament; Leisler’s Rebellion occurred in New York in response to the Glorious Revolution; The Triennial Act passed |
1692 | Pennsylvania briefly became a royal colony |
1694 | Death of Mary II; Pennsylvania reverted to a proprietary colony |
1696 | Pennsylvania assembly adopted the third “Frame of Government” |
1700 -1704 | James Moore and Indian allies raided Spanish Florida |
1701 | William Penn approved the “Charter of Privileges” for Pennsylvania and Delaware |
1702 | New Jersey became royal colony; Death of William and accession of Anne I |
1704 | Apalachee massacre |
1707 | Act of Union unified the Parliaments of England and Scotland, created the Kingdom of Great Britain |
1719 | Carolina split into two colonies; South Carolina became a royal colony |
1729 | North Carolina became royal colony |
1732-1752 | Georgia governed by the Georgia Trustees |
1733 | Savannah, Georgia founded |
1751 | Slavery made legal in Georgia |