18th Century
1701 Delaware gains separate legislature from Pennsylvania
1702 East India Trading company colonizes Pulo Condor Island
1703 EIC merges Surat with Bombay
1704 Gibraltar is captured
Deerfield Massacre
1706 Charleston, SC repels French and Spanish attack
1707 British colonize Arcadia in Eastern Canada
1709 German Protestants arrive in the Americas
1712 New York Slave revolts
1713 The War of the Spanish Succession is concluded with the Treaty
of Utrecht. Britain receives generous allocations of land and
colonies in the Americas and the Mediterranean, Britain formally
receives Newfoundland, St. Kitts and Hudson's Bay in Canada.
Britain also recives Minorca and Gibraltar from Spain, Britain also
gains the right to import slaves into Spanish colonies in Americas
1717 The Mughal Empire Britain customs exemption
1718 Edward Teac killed in North Carolina
1719 Spanish attack The Bahamas
1721 French and English East India Companies become rivals
1727 War Breaks out between Britain and Spain
1728 North and South Carolina become Crown Colonies, Benjamin and
James Franklin begin to publish The Pennsylvania Gazette
1731 Treaty of Vienna ends Britain's war with Spain but also marks the
re-start of Anglo-French enmity, English factory workers are
prohibited from emigrating to American colonies, First Maroon
War in Jamaica, Act permitting some direct Irish imports from
America
1735 Georgia bans the import of slaves and alcohol, John and Charles
Wesley embark for Georgia, Libel trial in New York establishes
freedom of press in North America
1740 Anson despatched to Pacific to attack Spanish possessions there
(returns 1744 after circumnavigating the world), Anson
recognises strategic value of Falkland Islands, Admiral Vernon
dilutes Navy's rum ration which is ever after referred to as Grog,
North American colonies linked by roads and packet boats
1741 British launch unsuccessful attack on Spanish stronghold of
Cartagena, The attack was launched by Admiral Vernon whose
force was ravaged by disease, The attack included Captain
Lawrence Washington (father of George) who returned home and
renamed his home Mount Vernon in honour of his commander
1746 Madras taken by the French
1748 French retake Cape Breton
Madras returned to the British
1749 Halifax, Nova Scotia is created
French move into Ohio
1750
British and French enter discussions on boundaries in North America,
Thomas Walker discovers the Cumberland Gap through the Appalachian
Mountains, The Iron Act passed by Parliament prohibits Americans from
manufacturing iron products but allowing them to trade pig iron for
manufactured goods, Company of Merchants takes over administration
of African forts, Clive's successful defence of Arcot
1754 French government recalls Joseph Dupleix from Indian leaving
Britain in a strong position to dominate the sub-continent, French
and Indian War in North America (until 1763) begins with Battle
of Jumonville Glen, Albany Convention meets to discuss common
1701 Delaware gains separate legislature from Pennsylvania
1702 East India Trading company colonizes Pulo Condor Island
1703 EIC merges Surat with Bombay
1704 Gibraltar is captured
Deerfield Massacre
1706 Charleston, SC repels French and Spanish attack
1707 British colonize Arcadia in Eastern Canada
1709 German Protestants arrive in the Americas
1712 New York Slave revolts
1713 The War of the Spanish Succession is concluded with the Treaty
of Utrecht. Britain receives generous allocations of land and
colonies in the Americas and the Mediterranean, Britain formally
receives Newfoundland, St. Kitts and Hudson's Bay in Canada.
Britain also recives Minorca and Gibraltar from Spain, Britain also
gains the right to import slaves into Spanish colonies in Americas
1717 The Mughal Empire Britain customs exemption
1718 Edward Teac killed in North Carolina
1719 Spanish attack The Bahamas
1721 French and English East India Companies become rivals
1727 War Breaks out between Britain and Spain
1728 North and South Carolina become Crown Colonies, Benjamin and
James Franklin begin to publish The Pennsylvania Gazette
1731 Treaty of Vienna ends Britain's war with Spain but also marks the
re-start of Anglo-French enmity, English factory workers are
prohibited from emigrating to American colonies, First Maroon
War in Jamaica, Act permitting some direct Irish imports from
America
1735 Georgia bans the import of slaves and alcohol, John and Charles
Wesley embark for Georgia, Libel trial in New York establishes
freedom of press in North America
1740 Anson despatched to Pacific to attack Spanish possessions there
(returns 1744 after circumnavigating the world), Anson
recognises strategic value of Falkland Islands, Admiral Vernon
dilutes Navy's rum ration which is ever after referred to as Grog,
North American colonies linked by roads and packet boats
1741 British launch unsuccessful attack on Spanish stronghold of
Cartagena, The attack was launched by Admiral Vernon whose
force was ravaged by disease, The attack included Captain
Lawrence Washington (father of George) who returned home and
renamed his home Mount Vernon in honour of his commander
1746 Madras taken by the French
1748 French retake Cape Breton
Madras returned to the British
1749 Halifax, Nova Scotia is created
French move into Ohio
1750
British and French enter discussions on boundaries in North America,
Thomas Walker discovers the Cumberland Gap through the Appalachian
Mountains, The Iron Act passed by Parliament prohibits Americans from
manufacturing iron products but allowing them to trade pig iron for
manufactured goods, Company of Merchants takes over administration
of African forts, Clive's successful defence of Arcot
1754 French government recalls Joseph Dupleix from Indian leaving
Britain in a strong position to dominate the sub-continent, French
and Indian War in North America (until 1763) begins with Battle
of Jumonville Glen, Albany Convention meets to discuss common
