CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE.

[This table has been prepared solely for purposes of reference; and it is particularly advised that, if used in schools, it should not be committed to memory.]

1497. Continent of America discovered by the Cabots
1497-98. South America visited by Americus Vespucius
1512. Florida discovered by Ponce de Leon
1513. Balboa sees the Pacific

40

37

43

43

1603. New Hampshire visited by Martin Pring 1605. French settlement of Nova Scotia.

66

50

1606. Formation of London and Plymouth Companies .

52

1607. Jamestown settled by London Company. Popham

landed in Maine.

1608. Flight of Scrooby Independents to Holland. 1609. Hudson River discovered by Henry Hudson

Champlain explored Vermont

1614. Adrian Block explored the coast of Connecticut,

and named Block Island

New York settled by the Dutch

Capt. John Smith explored the coast of New Eng-
land as far as Maine

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

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

field

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58

117

92

66

61

62

121

71

121

71

1636. Settlement of Rhode Island by Roger Williams. 69

Harvard College founded

86

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

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

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83

83

143

81

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1692. William and Mary College founded in Virginia
1700. Yale College founded in Connecticut
1702. Queen Anne's War.

1703. Delaware and Pennsylvania permanently separated 108
1729. North and South Carolina permanently separated 127

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

British troops arrived in Boston, Sept. 27.

1770. Boston Massacre, March 5

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168

Sept. 5..

75. Battle of Lexington, April 19

1774. Boston Port Bill put in force, June 1

First Continental Congress met at Philadelphia,

Allen and Arnold captured Ticonderoga, May 10. 183

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1775. Washington chosen commander-in-chief, June 15 Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17

189 183-187

Washington took command of the American army
at Cambridge, Mass., July 3. Montreal surren-

dered to Montgomery, Nov. 13. Montgomery
defeated and slain at Quebec, Dec. 31.

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 Washington, Nov. 16. Washington victo-
rious at Trenton, Dec. 26. .

1777. Washington victorious at Princeton, Jan. 3. Battle
of Brandywine, Sept. 11. [An unavailable at-
tempt of the American troops to save Philadel-
phia. The army was preserved from overwhelm-
ing defeat by Gen. Greene.] Howe occupied
Philadelphia, Sept. 26. Army went into winter
quarters at Valley Forge, Dec. 11

Tryon's expedition against Connecticut, April 26.
Ticonderoga captured by Burgoyne, July 5.
Americans defeated at Hubbardton, July 7. Pres-
cott captured by Barton, July 10.
Bennington, Aug. 16 .

189 192

198

203

204

Battle of

205

Americans repulsed at Germantown, Oct. 4. Bat

tle of Saratoga, Oct. 7. Burgoyne surrendered
to Gates, Oct. 17.

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

British evacuated Philadelphia, June 18. Battle of
Monmouth, June 28. [Washington, intercepting
Clinton as he was withdrawing his army from

206

206

A. D.

Philadelphia, 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, how-
ever, got away in the night, and escaped defeat.]
Battle and massacre at Wyoming, July 3.
American victory at Quaker Hill, R. I. Massa-

cre at Cherry Valley, Nov. II. Campbell cap-
tured Savannah, Dec. 29
1779. “Mad Anthony" Wayne took Stony Point, July
15. Victory of Paul Jones, Sept. 23

1780. Major André executed as a spy, Oct. 2.
1781. 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. 35

1783. Savannah evacuated by the British, July 11.. New
York evacuated by the British, Nov. 25. Charles-
ton 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

The American army disbanded, Nov. 3.

1786. Shays' Rebellion in Massachusetts

1787. Slavery excluded from Northwest Territory by act

of Congress.

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