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Edict of Nantes
This granted the Calvinist Protestants of France rights in a nation still considered essentially Catholic.. -
Champlain Colonizes Quebec for France
In 1608, Champlain returned to Canada to establish a fur trading post. He chose a site along the St. Lawrence River and named it Quebec. -
Louis XIV becomes King of France
He became king at the age of four on the death of his father, Louis XIII. -
First Navigation Laws
The Navigation Acts were passed by the English Parliament and excluded the Dutch from the profits made by the English trade. -
La Salle explores Mississippi River to Gulf of Mexico
He explored the Great Lakes region of the US, Canada, the Mississippi River, and the Gulf of Mexico. La Salle claimed the entire Mississippi River basin for France. -
King William's War
It was the first of six colonial wars fought between New France and New England. -
Board of Trade
English governmental advisory body established by William III to replace the Lords of Trade . -
Yale University Founded
Yale was founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the 3rd oldest institution in USA. -
Queen Anne's War
This was the second in a series of French and Indian Wars fought between France and England. -
French found New Orleans
New Orleans was founded in 1718 by the French as Nouvelle-Orléans. -
Smallpox Inoculation Introduced
The most successful way of treating smallpox before the discovery of vaccination was inoculation. Inoculation is a form of the disease in order to prevent infection by the disease, like the flu shot. -
First edition of Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack
This Almanack contained the calendar, weather, poems, sayings, astronomical, astrological, and mathematical information. -
Jonathan Edwards begins the Great Awakening
Edwards preached on justification by faith which began his preaching to crowds in different colonies and many people joined him. -
Zenger free-press trial in NY
Zenger was arrested and charged with libel, but was found not guilty with the help of his lawyer, Andrew Hamilton. -
War of Jenkins Ear
This was a war between Great Britain and Spain that lasted from 1739 to 1748. -
The Great Awakening
This was a religious revival of Puritan faith, George Whitfield was a preacher who caused many to convert during ths time. -
King George's War
This was the third and inconclusive war between France and Great Britain for mastery of North America. -
Princeton University founded
Princeton was founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey. -
Washington battles French on Frontier Albany Congress
Theis eight-hour battle was fought during heavy rain, which results in a French victory and George Washington's only formal surrender. -
Seven Years War
This war involved Europe, North America, Central America, the West African coast, India, and the Philippines. -
Braddock's defeat
This was a failed British military expedition which attempted to capture the French Fort Duquesne during the French and Indian War. -
Pitt emerges as leader of British Govt
Pitt emerged as the leader of a new Tory Party. -
Battle of Quebec
This was a successful capture of the city by the British in the Seven Years' War. -
Seven Years War ends
In 1763 a peace settlement was reached at the Treaty of Hubertusburg ending the war in Europe. -
Peace of Paris
This treaty was signed by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement, after Britain's victory over France and Spain during the Seven Years' War. -
Paxton Boys March
About 250 Paxton Boys marched to Philadelphia to present their complaints to the legislature. -
Sugar Act
This was aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses between the French and Dutch West Indies. -
Quartering Act of 1765
Parliament passed the Quartering Act to address the practical concerns of such a troop deployment; giving soldiers homes. -
Declaratory Act
It stated that the British Parliament’s taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain. -
Rutgers University founded
Rutgers is the 8th oldest university in the US and one of the nine "Colonial Colleges" founded before the American Revolution. -
Townshend Acts
The acts imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea imported into the colonies . -
Regulator Protests
In NorthCarolina, the Regulator movement was an organized effort by backcountry settlers to restore law and establish institutions of local government. -
British troops occupy Boston
Britain sends troops to occupy Boston in 1768, to help enforce the Townshend Acts. -
Dartmouth College Founded
Dartmouth College was established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, a Congregational minister. -
Boston Massacre
This was a street fight between a mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. -
Committees of Correspondence formed
This was formed throughout the colonies as a means of coordinating action against Great Britain. -
British East India Company granted tea monoploy
This was a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies. -
Intolerable Act
This wasa series of punitive laws passed by Parliament. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The battles marked the outbreak of an armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its 13 colonies in North America.
