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1663 |
Carolina chartered
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1664 |
English conquer New Netherland, found New York |
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New Jersey established
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1670 |
Charleston founded by settlers from Barbados
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Marquette, Jolliet, and La Salle explore the Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley for France |
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1681 |
Pennsylvania chartered
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1692 |
Spanish reconquer New Mexico |
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Salem witch trials |
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1701 |
Iroquois adopt neutrality policy toward France and England |
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1711 - 1713 |
Tuscarora War in North Carolina |
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1715 |
Yemasee War in South Carolina |
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1718 |
New Orleans founded by French |
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1732 |
Georgia founded |
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1739 |
Stono Rebellion
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1741 |
New York City "conspiracy" reflects whites' continuing fears of slave revolts |
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1754 |
Washington's defeat at Fort Necessity |
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1756 - 1763 |
Seven Years' War
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1763 |
Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War
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An interactive, expanded timeline for the period before 1876 can be found in Program 13.
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