Part 99

+-------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+ |=A. D.=| =United States= : =Britain= | =Spain and Portugal=| +-------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+ | | :1649. Trial and exe- | | | =1650=| :cution of Charles I. | | | | :=The Commonwealth.= | | | | : | | | | :1652. War with Hol- | | | | :land. | | | | : | | | | :1653. CROMWELL, Lord | | | | :Protector. |1654. Brazil re- | | | : |covered from the | | | : |Dutch. | | | : | | | | :_MILTON_ (1608-1674).|1655. War with En- | | | : |gland. | | | : | | | | :=Stuarts restored.= | | | | : | | | | :1660. Charles II., | | | | :King. |1661. Invasion of | | |1663. Settlement of : |Portugal. | | |North Carolina under : | | | |royal patent. : | | | | : | | | |1664. New Amsterdam : | | | |occupied by the :1665-1700. CHARLES | | | |English. :II. | | | | : | | | | :1668. Triple alliance| | | | :of England, Sweden | | | | :and Holland against |_MURILLO_ (1618- | | | :France. |1682). | | | : | | | | : |1673. War with France| | =1675=|1675-1676. King : |to protect Holland. | | |Philip’s War in New :1679. HABEAS CORPUS | | | |England. Bacon’s Re- :ACT passed. | | | |bellion in Virginia. : | | | | :_NEWTON_ (1642-1727).| | | | : | | | | :1685. James II., | | | | :King. Rise of the | | | | :Whigs and Tories. | | | | : | | | | :_JOHN LOCKE_ (1632- | | | | :1704). | | | | : | | | | :1688. Revolution. | | | | : | | | |1689-1697. WAR OF WILLIAM AND MARY WITH THE|1689. Revolt in | | |FRENCH. |Catalonia in favor of| | | : |France. | | | :1689. WILLIAM III., | | | | :King, and MARY II., | | | | :Queen. War with | | | | :France. | | | | : | | | | :1690. Battle of the | | | | :Boyne. James de- |1691. Incursion of | | | :feated, returns to |the French into | | | :France. |Aragon. | | | : | | | | :1697. General peace. | | | =1700=| : | | | | : 1701-1714. WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION | | | : | | | | : |1701. Philip V., | | |1702-1713. QUEEN :1702. QUEEN ANNE. War|King. | | |ANNE’S WAR WITH THE :against France and | | | |FRENCH. :Spain. | | | | : | | | | :1704. Gibraltar taken| | | | :by English. |1705. Barcelona taken| | | : |by the Allies. | | |1707. Unsuccessful :1707. Act of union of| | | |expedition against :England and Scotland.| | | |Port Royal. :First united parlia- | | | | :ment of Great Britain| | | | :meets. | | | | : | | | |1713. Treaty of :1713. =Peace of | | | |Utrecht which gives :Utrecht.= England | | | |Arcadia to the :acquires large | | | |English. :American possessions.| | | | : | | | |1718. New Orleans :1718. WAR WITH SPAIN. QUADRUPLE ALLIANCE OF| | |settled by the :THE EMPEROR, FRANCE, ENGLAND AND HOLLAND, | | |French. :AGAINST THE DESIGNS OF SPAIN. | | | : | | | | : |1724. Spain: Philip | | =1725=| : |V. abdicates but re- | | | :1727. George II., |sumes power after | | |1729. The Carolinas :King of England. |some months. | | |separated. : | | | | : | | | |1734. Beginning of : |1734. Conquest of | | |the Great Awakening :1739. War with Spain.|Sicily and Naples by | | |in New England. : |Don Carlos. | | | : | | | | : 1740-1748. WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION | | | : | | | | :1745. Troubles in | | | | :Scotland. |1746. Ferdinand VI., | | | :King. |King. | | | : | | | | :_HUME_ (1711-1776). | | | =1750=| : | | | |1754-1763. OLD FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR OR SEVEN YEARS WAR: ENGLAND | | |AND PRUSSIA VS. FRANCE, AUSTRIA, RUSSIA, SPAIN AND SWEDEN. | | | : | | | | :1756. Alliance with | | | |1759. Invasion of :Prussia. | | | |Canada; death of : | | | |Wolfe. Quebec taken. :1760-1820. GEORGE | | | | :III. | | | | : | | | | :1762. War with Spain.| | | | : | | | | :1763. Peace of Paris.| | | |_FRANKLIN_ (1706- : | | | |1790). :_GIBBON_ (1737-1794).| | | | : | | | |1765. Stamp Act re- :1765. Establishment | | | |sisted in Massa- :of a British Empire |1767. Jesuits ex- | | |chusetts and :in India. |pelled from Spain. | | |Virginia. : | | | | :_JAMES WATT_ (1736- | | | | :1819). | | | | : | | | =1775=|1775-1783. AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR. | | | : | | | |1775. April 19, :1775. Lord North’s | | | |skirmish at :“conciliatory mea- | | | |Lexington. June 17, :sures” rejected by | | | |battle of Bunker :the colonies. | | | |Hill. : | | | | : | | | |1776. =Declaration of| | | | |Independence, July | | | | |4.= British army | | | | |takes possession of |_ARKWRIGHT_ (1732- | | | |New York. Hessians |1792). | | | |hired for service in | | | | |America. | | | | | | | | | |1777. Battle of | |1777. Portugal: | | |=Saratoga= and criti-|1778. Siege and cap- |Maria, Queen. | | |cal battle of the |ture of Pondicherry, | | | |Revolution. |by the English. |1779. Spain: Alliance| | | | |with the American | | |1781. Surrender of | |colonists. | | |Cornwallis at |1783. Treaty of | | | |Yorktown. |Versailles. Indepen- | | | | |dence of the United | | | | |States acknowledged. | | | | | | | | |1783. Peace of Versailles between France, Spain, England and | | |America. | +-------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+