APPENDIX. 1800. CHRONOLOGICAL OUTLINE. Canada settled by the French. 1607. Virginia settled by the English. 1614. 1620 The Dutch settle at Manhadoes (New York). The Puritans, under Brewster, Carver, and Bradford, land at Plymouth, December 22 (N. S.), 1620. 1623. Dover, New Hampshire, settled. Maryland settled. Connecticut settled. 1634. 1635. 1636. Rhode Island settled. 1642. 1643. House of Commons exempts the produce and commerce of the Colonies from taxation or duties. Swedish settlements in Pennsylvania and Delaware. 1650. North Carolina settled. 1651. First Navigation Act to secure transportation to English ships, by the Parliament of the Commonwealth. 1660. Navigation Act confirmed and enlarged by the govern ment of the Restoration. 1664. 1670. 1681. New Jersey settled. South Carolina settled. William Penn in Pennsylvania. 1684. Massachusetts deprived of its charter. December 20. Arrival of Andros. 1686. 1690. First issue of paper money. First Congress meets at New York. New York declaration of rights and privileges. 1692. 1745. Act of General Court against aids, taxes, &c., witho Rhode Island and Connecticut resume their charters. 1747. Press-gang in Boston, -consequent tumult and resist ance. Act of Parliament encouraging the exportation by the colonies of pig and bar iron, but forbidding the erec tion of rolling and slitting mills, the making of steel, &c., &c. New Style adopted. Franklin proves the identity of lightning and electricity. Wolfe takes Quebec. 1761. Otis's plea against writs of assistance. 1763. Peace of Paris. Laws of trade rigorously enforced. Navy employed w suppress smuggling. Direct taxation planned. Controversy between Apthorp and Mayhew concerning Otis publishes his " Rights of the British Colonies as Resolutions. Patrick Henry's Virginia October. Congress meets at New York. John Adams publishes his dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law. 1774. September. First Continental Congress meets at Phila 1775. June 15. 66 17. 66 Washington appointed Commander-in-Chief. November 29. Congress appoints a Committee of Se December 31. Montgomery killed in the attack on 1776. January. Two first cantos of MacFingal published. Paine's Common Sense. March. Silas Deane sent to France as Commercial March 17. British evacuate Boston. May 6. John Adams brings forward his resolution for the establishment of State governments. May 10. 15. 66 June 7. June 10. 66 Resolution passed. Preamble added. "Resolutions for Independency" moved. Committee appointed to draft the Declaration. Declaration signed by Hancock and Thompson. August 27. October 28. November 16. 66 4. December 8. 1777. January 3. Battle of White Plains. Fall of Fort Washington. Washington retreats across the Delaware. First number of Paine's Crisis. Capture of Hessians at Trenton. June. Arrival of Lafayette. Battle of Bennington. Second Battle of Stillwater. Surrender of Burgoyne. Steuben arrives at Portsmouth, N. H. John Adams arrives at Paris as Commissioner, Battle of Monmouth. July. Massacre of Wyoming. August. Expedition to Rhode Island. 29. Battle of Tiverton Heights. 1778. November. Massacre at Cherry Valley 1779. 64 66 March 3. Battle of Briar Creek. February and July. Tryon's expeditions. June and July. Spain takes part in the war age. st England. July 15. Capture of Stony Point. Sullivan begins his march against the Indians September 27. John Jay appointed Minister to Spain. October 9. Sullivan arrives at Easton, Penn. 66 31. 66 15. July 9 and August 1. " August 6. Battle of Hanging Rock. ...... 66 Battle of Waxhaw Creek. Battle of Springfield. Arrival of French fleet and army. Convention for armed neutrality between Russia, Sweden, and Denmark. Execution of André. Battle of King's Mountain. Greene appointed to the command of the and retreat across the Dan. March 15. Battle of Guilford Court House. April 25. Battle of Hobkirk's Hill. Trade between Great Britain and the American Colonies, from 1697 to 1776, showing the Exports from, and Imports into, the then Colonies. [From Hazard's United States Commercial and Statistical Register.] New England. New York. Pennsylvania. Virginia and Carolina. Georgia. £ £ £ £ £ Exports. Imports. Exports. Imports. Exports. Imports. Exports. Imports. Exports. | Imports. £ £ £ £ £ 1698 31,254 68,468 10,093 4,579 93,517 8,763 25,279 1699 26,660 127,279 16,818 42,792 1,477 17,064 198,115 205,078 12,372 11.401 1700 41,486 91,918 17,567 49,410 4,608 18,529 317,302 173,481 14,058 11,003 1702 1703 1791 32,656 86,322 18,547 31,910 37,026 64,625 7,965 29,991 33,539 59,608 7,471 5,220 12,003 235,738 199,683 16,973 13,908 74,896 10,540 22,294 62,504 7,393 27,902 57,050 2,849 31,588 1707 38,793 120,631 14,283 29,855 1708 49,635 115,505 10,847 26,899 1709 29,559 120,349 12,259 34,577 8,203 31,475 2,430 11,819 264,112 60,458 1,309 7,206 116,768 174,322 4,210 11,037 149,152 58,015 14,365 207,625 237,901 6,723 213,493 79,061 5,881 261,668 80,268 786 128,105 12,466 18,524 1,471 1713 49,904 120,778 14,428 46,470 178 1714 51,541 121,288 29,810 44,643 2,663 1715 66,555 164,650 21,316 54,629 5,461 1716 69,595 121,156 21,971 52,173 5,193 8,652 4,001 23,311 10,492 10,340 11.996 8,594 188.429 127,639 20,793 19,613 19,408 273,181 91,535 12,871 20,406 14,067 6,621 2,698 19,788 2,120 617 20,431 28,521 |