APPENDIX.

1800.

1607.

1614.

CHRONOLOGICAL OUTLINE.

Canada settled by the French.

Virginia settled by the English.

The Dutch settle at Manhadoes (New York).

1620. The Puritans, under Brewster, Carver, and Bradford, land at Plymouth, December 22 (N. S.), 1620. Dover, New Hampshire, settled.

1623.

1642.

1643.

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House of Commons exempts the produce and commerce
of the Colonies from taxation or duties.

Swedish settlements in Pennsylvania and Delaware.
First Union, confederacy of Massachusetts, Plymouth,
Connecticut, and New Haven, for mutual protection.
Free trade between the Colonies and mother country.
First iron works established by John Winthrop, Jr. and
his partners.

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. New Jersey settled.

1670. South Carolina settled.

1681.

William Penn in Pennsylvania.

1684. Massachusetts deprived of its charter.

December 20. Arrival of Andros.

1686.

1690.

First issue of paper money.

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1691.

First Congress meets at New York.

New York declaration of rights and privileges.

1692. New Charter of Massachusetts.

1692.

1745.

Act of General Court against aids, taxes, &c., witho
consent of General Court.

Rhode Island and Connecticut resume their charters.
First capture of Louisburg.

1747. Press-gang in Boston, -consequent tumult and resist

1750.

ance.

Act of Parliament encouraging the caportation by the colonies of pig and bar iron, but forbidding the erection of rolling and slitting mills, the making of steel, &c., &c.

1752. New Style adopted.

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1753.

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Franklin proves the identity of lightning and electricity.
French and Indian war (old French war).
Washington's journey to St. Pierre.

1759. Wolfe takes Quebec.

Otis's plea against writs of assistance.
Peace of Paris.

Laws of trade rigorously enforced. Navy employed to
suppress smuggling.

Direct taxation planned.

Controversy between Apthorp and Mayhew concerning the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts.

1764. Otis publishes his " Rights of the British Colonies as serted and proved."

1765. March. Stamp Act passed.

1766.

1767.

1768.

1770.

Resolutions.

Patrick Henry's Virginia

October. Congress meets at New York.

John Adams publishes his dissertation on the Canon and

Feudal Law.

March. Stamp Act repealed.

Townshend's tax-bill.

Dickinson publishes the Farmer's Letters

September. Gage ordered to Boston.

March 5. Boston Massacre.

1773. December.

1775.

June 15.

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Washington appointed Commander-in-Chief.
Battle of Bunker Hill.

November 29. Congress appoints a Committee of Se-
cret Correspondence.

December 31. Montgomery killed in the attack on
Quebec.

1776. January. Two first cantos of MacFingal published.

Paine's Common Sense.

March. Silas Deane sent to France as Commercial
Agent.

March 17. British evacuate Boston.

May 6. John Adams brings forward his resolution for the establishment of State governments.

May 10.

June 7.

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June 10.

Resolution passed.

Preamble added.

"Resolutions for Independency" moved.

Committee appointed to draft the Declaration.

66 28. British land and sea forces under Clinton and Parker attack Fort Moultrie and are repulsed. July 2. Independence resolved.

4.

Declaration signed by Hancock and Thompson.

August 27. Battle of Long Island.

Battle of White Plains.

Fall of Fort Washington.

Washington retreats across the Delaware.
Congress adjourns to Baltimore.

First number of Paine's Crisis.
Franklin reaches Paris.

Capture of Hessians at Trenton.
Battle of Princeton.

June. Arrival of Lafayette.

August 16. Battle of Bennington.

Battle of the Brandywine.

First Battle of Stillwater.

Second Battle of Stillwater.

Battle of Germantown.

Surrender of Burgoyne.

Steuben arrives at Portsmouth, N. H.
Treaty with France.

John Adams arrives at Paris as Commissioner,

Battle of Monmouth.

July. Massacre of Wyoming.

August. Expedition to Rhode Island.

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Battle of Tiverton Heights.

1778.

November.

1779.

March 3.

Massacre at Cherry Valley

Battle of Briar Creek.

February and July. Tryon's expeditions.

June and July. Spain takes part in the war against

England.

July 15. Capture of Stony Point.

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Sullivan begins his march against the Indians.

September 27. John Jay appointed Minister to Spain.
Siege of Savannah.

October 9.

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1780. May 12.

29.

Sullivan arrives at Easton, Penn.

Surrender of Charleston.

Battle of Waxhaw Creek.

between Russia, Sweden, and Denmark.

August 6.

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September.
October 2.

Battle of Hanging Rock.
First Battle of Camden.

Arnold's treason discovered.
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.

New York.

Pennsylvania.

Virginia and
Maryland.

Carolina.

Georgia.

Exports. Imports. Exports. | Imports. Exports. Imports. Exports. Imports. Exports. | Imports.

17,064 198,115 205,078

1700

41,486

91,918 17,567 49,410

4,608

18,529 317,302 173,481

14,067 6,621

1705 22,793

62,504 7,393