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 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,- 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 ALBANY CONVENTION adopted a plan of union pre- 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 FORT GASPEREAU surrendered to the British,-June 17. BRADDOCK'S DEFEAT on the Monongahela River, JOHNSON established Fort William Henry; re- 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- GRANT defeated by Aubrey at Fort Duquesne, - FORT DUQUESNE captured by English; named Fort 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 ACCESSION OF GEORGE III. to English throne,- 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 EAST AND WEST FLORIDA established by George PONTIAC'S WAR broke out, -Ottawas. SIEGE OF DETROIT by the Indians unsuccessful, — May. THE COLUMBIAN HISTORICAL NOVELS A COMPLETE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY, FROM THE TIME OF COLUMBUS DOWN TO THE Present Day, iN THE FORM OF TWELVE Complete Stories. BY JOHN R. MUSICK. ONE HUNDRED HALF-Tone Plates, Maps of the Period, and NUMEROUS PEN-AND-INK DRAWINGS, BY F. A. CARTER. Vol. II. TITLES: Vol. 1. Columbia: A Story of the Discovery of America. Vol. III. Vol. V. Vol. VII. Vol. IX. The Pilgrims: A Story of Massachusetts. A Century Too Soon: A Story of Bacon's Rebellion. NEW YORK FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY LONDON AND TORONTO |