5.8: Chronology
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\(\newcommand{\avec}{\mathbf a}\) \(\newcommand{\bvec}{\mathbf b}\) \(\newcommand{\cvec}{\mathbf c}\) \(\newcommand{\dvec}{\mathbf d}\) \(\newcommand{\dtil}{\widetilde{\mathbf d}}\) \(\newcommand{\evec}{\mathbf e}\) \(\newcommand{\fvec}{\mathbf f}\) \(\newcommand{\nvec}{\mathbf n}\) \(\newcommand{\pvec}{\mathbf p}\) \(\newcommand{\qvec}{\mathbf q}\) \(\newcommand{\svec}{\mathbf s}\) \(\newcommand{\tvec}{\mathbf t}\) \(\newcommand{\uvec}{\mathbf u}\) \(\newcommand{\vvec}{\mathbf v}\) \(\newcommand{\wvec}{\mathbf w}\) \(\newcommand{\xvec}{\mathbf x}\) \(\newcommand{\yvec}{\mathbf y}\) \(\newcommand{\zvec}{\mathbf z}\) \(\newcommand{\rvec}{\mathbf r}\) \(\newcommand{\mvec}{\mathbf m}\) \(\newcommand{\zerovec}{\mathbf 0}\) \(\newcommand{\onevec}{\mathbf 1}\) \(\newcommand{\real}{\mathbb R}\) \(\newcommand{\twovec}[2]{\left[\begin{array}{r}#1 \\ #2 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\ctwovec}[2]{\left[\begin{array}{c}#1 \\ #2 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\threevec}[3]{\left[\begin{array}{r}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\cthreevec}[3]{\left[\begin{array}{c}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\fourvec}[4]{\left[\begin{array}{r}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \\ #4 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\cfourvec}[4]{\left[\begin{array}{c}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \\ #4 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\fivevec}[5]{\left[\begin{array}{r}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \\ #4 \\ #5 \\ \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\cfivevec}[5]{\left[\begin{array}{c}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \\ #4 \\ #5 \\ \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\mattwo}[4]{\left[\begin{array}{rr}#1 \amp #2 \\ #3 \amp #4 \\ \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\laspan}[1]{\text{Span}\{#1\}}\) \(\newcommand{\bcal}{\cal B}\) \(\newcommand{\ccal}{\cal C}\) \(\newcommand{\scal}{\cal S}\) \(\newcommand{\wcal}{\cal W}\) \(\newcommand{\ecal}{\cal E}\) \(\newcommand{\coords}[2]{\left\{#1\right\}_{#2}}\) \(\newcommand{\gray}[1]{\color{gray}{#1}}\) \(\newcommand{\lgray}[1]{\color{lightgray}{#1}}\) \(\newcommand{\rank}{\operatorname{rank}}\) \(\newcommand{\row}{\text{Row}}\) \(\newcommand{\col}{\text{Col}}\) \(\renewcommand{\row}{\text{Row}}\) \(\newcommand{\nul}{\text{Nul}}\) \(\newcommand{\var}{\text{Var}}\) \(\newcommand{\corr}{\text{corr}}\) \(\newcommand{\len}[1]{\left|#1\right|}\) \(\newcommand{\bbar}{\overline{\bvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\bhat}{\widehat{\bvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\bperp}{\bvec^\perp}\) \(\newcommand{\xhat}{\widehat{\xvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\vhat}{\widehat{\vvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\uhat}{\widehat{\uvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\what}{\widehat{\wvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\Sighat}{\widehat{\Sigma}}\) \(\newcommand{\lt}{<}\) \(\newcommand{\gt}{>}\) \(\newcommand{\amp}{&}\) \(\definecolor{fillinmathshade}{gray}{0.9}\)| 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 |