1660 to 1720

1660-1720

Adventure! Exploration!

Alex Lucas Kj Kayla,

Andre

King Charles I I Native Americans

STARTING

William of Orange Thomas Savery

AND

Nathaniel Bacon William Penn

ALSO

Carolina colony is created by King

Charles II (1663)

CONNECTICUT IS GIVEN A ROYAL CHARTER(1662)

Bacon’s Rebellion

May 10th 1676

Led by Nathaniel Bacon, colonist joined forces to voice their grievances with the Loyalist of a governor, William Berkeley.

War on Wampanoag

September 1675

On September 9th the colonies declared war on the tribe only to be ambushed with 50 colonists killed 9 days later at the Battle of Bloody Brook.

Granting Pennsylvania

March 10th 1681

King Charles II granted a large amount of New World land to William Penn to repay a debt to Penn’s father

German Calvinist Jacob Leisler caused an

insurrection splitting New York along

ethnic and economic lines, disrupting

government. Leisler was hanged for treason.

1689

Massachusetts issues colonial notes, the

nation’s earliest paper money.

3 FEBRUARY 1690

Crown issues a charter that absorbs

Plymouth into Massachusetts.

1691

Salem witch trials begin with the naming of

three witches, including one named Tituba,

an Indian slave.

LATE 1691

LAND AQUISATION, CHANGE, &

BATTLES!

● New Jersey Formed! (1702)

● St. Augustine Defeated by Carolina Forces

(1702)

● France and Spain attack Charlseton, SC (and

fail) (1706)

● English Newfoundland captured by French

and Indian forces (1708)

IMPORTANT BIRTHS ANS

BREAKTHROUGHS!

● B – Franks is born 1706

– Goes on to be awesome

● Steam Engine Patented by Thomas Savery (1698)

● 1st Delaware Assembly (1702)

● Charter of Privileges (1701)

● Yale Founded (1701)

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

● First Regular Newspaper – Boston

Newsletter (1702)

● Virginia Black Code – Slaves can't travel

(1705)

● Massachusetts fasts for wrongly killed

witches in witch trials (1699)

ACTS AND PLANS AND STUFF

● Act of Union for Great Britain (1707)

● Pen's Plan for Union (1697)