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CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE

1521. De Ayllon said to have planted a colony north of Port Royal

1526. Narvaez planned the colonization of Florida by Spain.

1527. De Soto undertook the colonization of Florida 1543. Francis I. declared the western sea open to

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1559. Tristan de Luna appointed captain-general of Florida

1562. Ribault settled his Huguenot colony at Port Royal . .

1564. Laudonnière established a Huguenot colony at Fort Caroline, Florida.

1565. Menendez landed in Florida and founded
St. Augustine

Spanish attacked French at Fort Caroline and
slaughtered the colonists

1566. First Spanish mission established in Florida
1567. De Gourges avenged the slaughter of the
Huguenots by Menendez .

1584. Raleigh's expedition reached Roanoke 1586. St. Augustine destroyed by Drake .

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1605. Weymouth arrived in New England

1606. Charter granted to Gates and others for American colonization.

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Expedition under Challons to the North Plan-
tation of Virginia, sent by the Plymouth
Adventurers

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1607. The London Adventurers' expedition under
Newport reached Chesapeake Bay

Spain endeavored to check the colonization
of Virginia by England

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The Virginia colony dispersed

New charter for Virginia granted by King
James.

Lord De la Warr arrived at Jamestown as

the governor of the colony

Rights of English colonists in Virginia

1610. Expedition under Gates and Somers sailed for

Virginia

1612. New charter granted to the Virginia Company First shipment of tobacco from Virginia sent to England

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1618. Guinea slave trade privilege granted to the

Earl of Warwick and others.

1619. Slavery introduced in Virginia

The first legislative body of Virginia met at
Jamestown

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Indented servants sent to Virginia

1620. Friction manifested between the colonizing

Company and the king.

1621. Lotteries in aid of Virginia colonies abolished
1622. The Indians of Virginia perpetrated a general

massacre of the settlers
Royal African Company chartered to import
slaves into the colonies

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1623. The Privy Council investigated the Virginia Company's affairs

Captain John Smith's True Historie appeared 1624. The Virginia Company's charter annulled Tobacco exports from Virginia restricted to England

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1625. Census of white servants and negroes in Vir-
ginia

1628. Children sent as colonists to Virginia
1629. Annual expeditions against the Indians or-
dained by law in Virginia .

1630. First general inspection law enacted as to
Virginia tobacco.

Charter of Carolina granted to Sir Robert
Heath . .

1631. Legislation enacted requiring Virginia lands

to be enclosed against cattle.

1632. System of road building established in Virginia Charter of Maryland granted to Lord Balti

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1633. Virginia Dissenters made first settlement in Carolina.

1634. Shires named in Virginia

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Privy Council empowered to govern the Eng

lish colonies in America

1637. Office of treasurer instituted in Virginia Custom house established in Virginia

1639. Patent of Maine granted to Sir Ferdinando

Gorges

1640. Ferries in Virginia first mentioned.

Virginia colonists massacred by Indians

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1642. Restrictions enacted in Virginia against law

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1644. Opechancanough attacked the Virginians on the upper York and Pamunkey Rivers. 1649. Declaration of Virginia in favor of Charles II.

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1652. "Articles of Surrender" of Virginia to Crom

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1656. Lawyers in Virginia prohibited from receiving
fees.

The settlers at James River Falls attacked by
the Richahecrians

1658. Law enacted denying the governor a seat in
the Assembly of Virginia

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1660. Massachusetts settlers located on Cape Fear River.

1663. Charter of Carolina granted to the Earl of

Clarendon and others.

War between the Iroquois and Canada 1664. Manhattan seized on behalf of the Duke of

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1667. Law passed concerning legal status of slaves
Dutch fleet entered James River
Dissolution of the Barbadian colony on Cape
Fear River

First council elected in Carolina by freemen . 1670. Mississippi said to have been explored by English

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1673. Fort Frontenac built, on Lake Erie

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1679. La Salle ascended the Great Lakes

1680. Carolina's population.

1682. Tobacco riots in Virginia

La Salle reached the mouth of the Mississippi
and claimed Louisiana.

1683. Presbyterianism introduced in eastern Virginia
1684. Stuarttown founded by Lord Cardross
1685. La Salle landed at Matagorda Bay.
1686. Spanish attack on Port Royal

Spaniards attacked the Scotch settlement at
Port Royal

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1687. Huguenot church erected in Carolina.

La Salle assassinated near Trinity River, Texas

1690. Williamsburg, Virginia, founded
1691. College of William and Mary founded at

Williamsburg, Virginia

North Carolina so designated

1693. Pensacola settled by Spaniards

affairs . .

1696. Board of Trade instituted to control colonial

Santa Maria (Pensacola) Bay occupied by Spain

1698. Post office established at Charlestown.

The first Chief Justice of Carolina appointed
First free public library in America established

at Charlestown

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1699. African freedmen legally banished from Vir

ginia ..

Hennepin's map of America published.

1700. Census of African slaves in Virginia. Iberville explored Mobile Bay

Le Sueur explored the Mississippi to the Sioux

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Spanish mission established near the Rio

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The Shawnees located on the lower Ten-
nessee and the Cumberland

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