A Biography of America
Growth and Empire – Key Events
1663
Carolina chartered
1664
English conquer New Netherland, found New York
New Jersey established
1670
Charleston founded by settlers from Barbados
Marquette, Jolliet, and La Salle explore the Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley for France
1681
Pennsylvania chartered
1692
Spanish reconquer New Mexico
Salem witch trials
1701
Iroquois adopt neutrality policy toward France and England
1711 - 1713
Tuscarora War in North Carolina
1715
Yemasee War in South Carolina
1718
New Orleans founded by French
1732
Georgia founded
1739
Stono Rebellion
1741
New York City “conspiracy” reflects whites’ continuing fears of slave revolts
1754
Washington’s defeat at Fort Necessity
1756 - 1763
Seven Years’ War
1763
Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years’ War
1990s