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CHRONOLOGY.

PERIOD VIII.-AGE OF CONTENTION OF POWERS FOR SUPREMACY.

A. D. 1700 TO A.D. 1763.

1702. ACCESSION OF ANNE to the throne of Great Britain, - March 8.

QUEEN ANNE'S WAR began,-Great Britain against
France and Spain, -lasted eleven years.

1704. FIRST PERMANENT NEWSPAPER in America, the Boston News-Letter,-April 24.

1710. PORT ROYAL, N. S., captured by the British and named Annapolis, -Oct. 2.

1711. INDIAN WAR with the Corees in North Carolina. 1713. TUSCARORAS join the Iroquois in New York, making the Six Nations.

TREATY OF UTRECHT closed Queen Anne's war,-
April 11.
(This treaty gave Great Britain the

Hudson Bay region, Newfoundland and

Acadia.)

1714. ACCESSION OF GEORGE I. to throne of England,

Aug. 1.

1715. Yammassee War in Carolina.

1718. NEW ORLEANS founded by the French under Bien

ville.

1727. ACCESSION OF GEORGE II. to the throne of England,

-June 11.

1729. CAROLINA divided,-Clarendon, or Middle Colony, moved to Charleston.

ALBEMARLE Colony became North Carolina; Carteret Colony became South Carolina.

1732. WASHINGTON born in Westmoreland County, Va., Feb. 22.

GEORGIA granted to Oglethorpe; included part of

Carolina,-June 9.

1733. SAVANNAH, GA., founded by Oglethorpe, — Feb.

12.

1639. SPANISH WAR between Great Britain and Spain declared, -Oct. 23. (This, with King George's War, lasted nine years.)

1740. INVASION OF FLORIDA by Oglethorpe. 1742. INVASION OF GEORGIA by the Spanish.

1744. SPANISH WAR merged into King George's War; France allied with Spain.

1745, LOUISBURG, the Gibraltar of America, captured by Pepperell,-June 17.

War,-Oct. 18.

1748. TREATY OF AIX-LA-CHAPELLE closed King George's (Both parties restored their respective conquests.)

1749. OHIO COMPANY, of London, received a grant of 6,000,000 acres on Ohio River.

1751. NEW STYLE Gregorian Calendar adopted by Great Britain, -eleven days out, Sept. 3 to 14. 1753. WASHINGTON sent to Fort Le Boeuf by Governor Dinwiddie of Virginia.

1754. WASHINGTON returned to Williamsburg,—Jan. 6. FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR,-most important of the Colonial Wars.

WASHINGTON defeated Jumonville at Mountain
Meadows,-May 28.

ALBANY CONVENTION adopted a plan of union pre-
pared by Franklin,-June 19.

jected by crown and people.)

(The plan re

WASHINGTON defeated at Fort Necessity by De

Villiers, June 3.

1755. ALEXANDRIA CONVENTION, Va.; Colonial governors

met Braddock,-April 14.

FORT BEAU SÉJOUR, N. S., surrendered to the
British, June 16.

FORT GASPEREAU surrendered to the British,-June

17.

BRADDOCK'S DEFEAT on the Monongahela River,
Pa., -Braddock mortally wounded, —July 9.
EVICTION of Acadians from Grand Pré,-Sept. 5.
BATTLE OF LAKE GEORGE; Lyman under Johnson
defeated Dieskau,-Sept. 8.

JOHNSON established Fort William Henry; re-
ceived a baronetcy and £5,000.

1756. WAR declared by Great Britain after two years' fighting,-May 18.

MONTCALM captured Oswego, 1,400 men, stores and money,-Aug. 14.

1757. FORT WILLIAM HENRY surrendered to Montcalm,

Aug. 9. (Massacre by Indians after Monroe capitulated.)

1758. LORD HOWE killed in a fight near Ticonderoga, July 6.

ABERCROMBIE repulsed by Montcalm at Ticonderoga,-July 8.

LOUISBURG, N. S., taken by Amherst and Boscowen, --July 2.

FORT FRONTENAC (now Kingston, Canada) sur-
rendered to Bradstreet, -Aug. 27.

GRANT defeated by Aubrey at Fort Duquesne,
Sept. 21.

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FORT DUQUESNE captured by English; named Fort
Pitt (now Pittsburg), -Nov. 25.

1759. FORT NIAGARA surrendered to Johnson; death of

Prideaux,-July 25.

BATTLE OF MONTMORENCI, near Quebec; Wolfe repulsed, July 31.

CROWN POINT, N. Y., taken by Amherst,-Aug. 4. PLAINS OF ABRAHAM, Quebec; Wolfe and Montcalm mortally wounded,-Sept. 13.

QUEBEC surrendered to the British,-Sept. 18. 1760. CHEROKEE WAR in Georgia.

BATTLE OF SILLERY, Canada; Dr. Levi attempts to
recover Quebec, -April 28.

ACCESSION OF GEORGE III. to English throne,-
Oct. 25.

1762. LOUISIANA ceded to Spain by France.

PONTIAC'S CONSPIRACY to unite Indian nations. 1763. TREATY OF PARIS closed the French and Indian War,-Feb. 10. (Practically all territory east of Mississippi River ceded by France to England; two islands near Newfoundland and island and town of New Orleans retained by France.)

FLORIDA ceded to Great Britain by Spain, treaty of
Paris, Feb. 10.

EAST AND WEST FLORIDA established by George
III., Oct. 7.

PONTIAC'S WAR broke out, -Ottawas.

SIEGE OF DETROIT by the Indians unsuccessful, —

May.

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