And yet, might not the danger of disruption come again? Was this time of rejoicing the lull before the storm? Possibly the American feeling was something which was not to advance the British Empire; perhaps the foreign observer was right who said that colonial growth was like that of fruit, that the colonies must eventually fall ripe from the parent stem. But, even if this proved true, in dropping the seed might take root and an offshoot grow up as great as the older tree. And come what might, the Southern colonies would do their part. In the South had been the earliest English settlements; and should independence be necessary, not only would a Southerner be ready to move its declaration in a Continental Congress, but a Scotch-Irish county like Mecklenburg in North Carolina would be the first community in the New World to renounce allegiance to the British crown! DATE 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 1562. Ribault settled his Huguenot colony at Port Royal. 1564. Laudonnière established a Huguenot colony Spanish attacked French at Fort Caroline and 1566. First Spanish mission established in Florida. 1584. Raleigh's expedition reached Roanoke 1586. St. Augustinę destroyed by Drake. 1605. Weymouth arrived in New England PAGE 17 8 8 36 40 48 19 58 1606. Charter granted to Gates and others for Expedition under Challons to the North Plan- 60 62 DATE 1607. The London Adventurers' expedition under Newport reached Chesapeake Bay Spain endeavored to check the colonization of Virginia by England 1609. Newport arrived at Jamestown with reinforcements for the colony The Virginia colony dispersed New charter for Virginia granted by King Lord De la Warr arrived at Jamestown as 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 Captain John Smith's Oxford Tract published 1615. Last of the "ancient planters" arrived in Virginia in the Treasurer. 113 82, 112 85 III 1617. Samuel Argall arrived at Jamestown as gov ernor . Pocahontas died in England. 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 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 90 99 Royal African Company chartered to import 113 DATE 1623. The Privy Council investigated the Virginia Company's affairs . PAGE ΙΟΙ ΙΟΙ Captain John Smith's True Historie appeared 1624. The Virginia Company's charter annulled 102 Tobacco exports from Virginia restricted to England 1625. Census of white servants and negroes in Vir ginia 1628. Children sent as colonists to Virginia 1630. First general inspection law enacted as to Virginia tobacco. . Charter of Carolina granted to Sir Robert 1631. Legislation enacted requiring Virginia lands 1632. System of road building established in Virginia Charter of Maryland granted to Lord Balti more 1633. Virginia Dissenters made first settlement in Carolina 1634. Shires named in Virginia . Privy Council empowered to govern the Eng- 1637. Office of treasurer instituted in Virginia 1639. Patent of Maine granted to Sir Ferdinando Gorges 1640. Ferries in Virginia first mentioned. Virginia colonists massacred by Indians 1642. Restrictions enacted in Virginia against law yers 1644. Opechancanough attacked the Virginians on the upper York and Pamunkey Rivers 1649. Declaration of Virginia in favor of Charles II. 115 I 12 III 123 DATE 1652. "Articles of Surrender" of Virginia to Crom well PAGE . 109, 119 1656. Lawyers in Virginia prohibited from receiving fees The settlers at James River Falls attacked by 1658. Law enacted denying the governor a seat in . 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 guished 123 121 137 138 333 138 140 141 122 1667. Law passed concerning legal status of slaves 113 Dutch fleet entered James River. Dissolution of the Barbadian colony on Cape First council elected in Carolina by freemen. 1670. Mississippi said to have been explored by Agreement entered into between Spain and 1673. Fort Frontenac built, on Lake Erie 1679. New Charles Town became the centre of |