1 The number of representatives is fixed by Congress every ten years (Constitution, Art. I. sect. 2 [3]). By the last act it was provided that there should be one representative for every 173,901 persons. CHIEF DATES IN AMERICAN HISTORY. xxxiii APPENDIX X. CHIEF DATES IN AMERICAN HISTORY. DISCOVERY AND ATTEMPTS AT COL- Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent The Northmen, 1000(?). Champlain founds Quebec, 1608. Columbus discovers San Salvador, October 12, Henry Hudson discovers the Hudson River, 1492. The Cabots discover the continent of North America, 1497. Amerigo Vespucci makes four voyages, 14991503. Waldseemüller suggests the name AMERICA, 1507. Ponce de Leon discovers Florida, 1513. Cortez conquers Mexico for Spain, 1519-1521. De Soto discovers the Mississippi, 1541; dies, 1542. Menendez, the Spaniard, settles St. Augustine, Florida, the oldest town in the United States, 1565. Martin Frobisher attempts to make a settlement in Labrador, 1576. Santa Fé, New Mexico, founded by the Spaniards, 1582(?). Sir Humphrey Gilbert's voyages, 1578-1583. Sir Walter Ralegh's attempts at colonization, 1584-1587. Gosnold's colony at Cuttyhunk, Buzzards Bay (a failure), 1602. COLONIZATION AND INTER-COLONIAL WARS, 1605-1763. French settle Port Royal (Annapolis) in Acadie, 1605. Charters granted to the London and Plymouth Companies, 1606. 1609. Trading post established by the Dutch on Manhattan Island, 1613. Virginia House of Burgesses, the first representative body in America, meets, 1619. A Dutch ship brings to Virginia the first cargo of negro slaves, 1619. Pilgrims land at Plymouth, December 21, 1620. Fort Amsterdam, afterwards New York, founded by the Dutch, 1626. John Endicott comes to Naumkeag (Salem), 1628. Patroons in New York, 1629. Boston founded, 1630. Charter granted to Lord Baltimore, 1632. Collegiate School of the Dutch Church founded, 1633.1 Leonard Calvert founds St. Mary's, Maryland, 1634. Religious toleration granted in Maryland to all who believe in Jesus Christ, 1634. Wethersfield, Hartford, and Windsor, Connecticut, founded, 1635. Boston Latin School founded, 1635.1 Roger Williams founds Providence, Rhode Pequot War, 1636, 1637. New Haven founded, 1638. Swedes settle on the Delaware River, 1638. "Fundamental Orders of Connecticut," first written constitution in America, January 14, 1638(9). "United Colonies of New England," 1643. Toleration Act in Maryland, 1649. 1 Still flourishing in 1893. The Quakers in Massachusetts and Plymouth, | England secures the right to supply America 1656. William Robinson and Marmaduke Stevenson, two Quakers, hung on Boston Common, 1659. Mary Dyer, a Quaker, hung on Boston Com- William Leddra, a Quaker, hung on Boston Eliot's Indian New Testament printed, 1661. English capture New Amsterdam, which be- with slaves (the Assiento), 1713. Tuscaroras join the Five Nations, which be come the "Six Nations," 1713. Rhode Island disfranchises Roman Catholics, New Orleans founded by the French, 1718. Proprietors of Carolina surrender their patent, Baltimore, Maryland, founded, 1730. Elizabeth, New Jersey, settled by the English, Richmond, Virginia, laid out, 1733. The "Model" government for Carolina, 1669. Settlement on the Ashley River, South Carolina, 1670. George Fox visits America, 1672. A Dutch fleet captures New York, 1673. New Jersey divided into East and West Jersey, 1674. New York restored to the English by treaty, 1674. King Philip's War, 1675. Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia, 1676. Massachusetts buys Gorges's rights in Maine, 1677. William Penn and others buy West Jersey, 1677. Philadelphia founded, 1682. William Penn lands at Chester, 1682. William Penn Charter School founded in Phila- King William's War, 1689-1697. Jacob Leisler, lieutenant-governor of New First Congress of Colonies at New York, 1690. William and Mary College, Virginia, founded, Witchcraft delusion, 1692, 1693. John and Charles Wesley go to Georgia, 1736. College of New Jersey, Princeton, founded, King George's War ends by treaty of Aix-la- Ohio Company organized, 1748. University of Pennsylvania founded, 1749. George Washington sent to the French, 1753. King's, afterwards Columbia, College, chartered, 1754. Washington surrenders, 1754. Albany Convention, 1754. French and Indian War, 1754-1763. Braddock's defeat, 1755. Wolfe takes Quebec, 1759. [1760. Montreal taken, and England gains all Canada, Mason and Dixon's Line, 1763. THE REVOLUTION AND CONFEDERA- The Stamp Act, 1765. Stamp Act Congress in New York, 1765. Repeal of the Stamp Act, March 18, 1766. [1695. John Dickinson's Farmer's Letters, 1767. John Archdale, governor of North Carolina, Yale College founded, 1701. Boston News Letter, first American news- Queen Anne's Wars ended by Treaty of John Hancock's sloop seized, 1768. British troops reach Boston, 1768. "Boston Massacre," March 5, 1770. Removal of taxes except upon Tea, April, 1770. "Boston Tea Party," December 16, 1773. Boston Port Bill, 1774. Massachusetts Bill, 1774. Transportation Bill, 1774. 1 Still flourishing in 1893. |