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6.7: Chronology

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    The following chronology is a list of important dates and events associated with this chapter.

    Date

    Event

    1632 John Locke born
    1642 Isaac Newton born
    1651 Navigation Act of 1651 passed
    1660 Navigation Act of 1660 passed
    1663 Staple Act of 1663 passed
    1673 Plantation Duty Act of 1673 passed
    1675-1676 Metacom’s War
    1676 Bacon’s Rebellion
    1687 Newton’s Principia
    1689-1697 King William’s War
    1690 Locke’s Essay and Two Treaties written
    1696 Navigation Act of 1696 and Trade Act of 1696 passed
    1702-1713 Queen Anne’s War
    1703 Jonathan Edwards and John Wesley born
    1704 John Locke died
    1707 Charles Wesley born
    1714 George Whitefield born
    1727 Isaac Newton died
    1729 Holy Club founded
    1733 Molasses Act of 1733 passed
    1738 Conversion of the Wesleys
    1739-1744 War of Jenkin’s Ear
    1741 Edwards delivered “In the Hands of an Angry God”
    1744 -1748 King George’s War
    1758 Jonathan Edwards died
    1770 George Whitefield died
    1788 Charles Wesley died
    1791 John Wesley died

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