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Chapter Timeline

CHAPTER REVIEW

TIMELINEAsk yourself why this chapter begins and ends with these dates and then identify the links among related events.
1651

  • First Navigation Act
1660–1685

  • Reign of Charles II, king of England
1663

  • Charles II grants Carolina proprietorship
1664

  • English capture New Netherland, rename it New York
1669

  • Virginia law declares that the murder of a slave cannot be treated as a felony
1681

  • William Penn founds Pennsylvania
1685–1688

  • Reign of James II, king of England
1686–1689

  • Dominion of New England
1688–1689

  • Glorious Revolution in England
1689

  • William and Mary ascend throne in England

  • Revolts in Massachusetts, Maryland, and New York
1689–1713

  • England, France, and Spain at war
1696

  • Parliament creates Board of Trade
1714–1750

  • British policy of salutary neglect

  • American assemblies gain power
1720–1742

  • Robert Walpole leads Parliament
1720–1750

  • African American communities form

  • Rice exports from South Carolina soar

  • Planter aristocracy emerges

  • Seaport cities expand
1732

  • Parliament charters Georgia, challenging Spain

  • Hat Act limits colonial enterprise
1733

  • Molasses Act threatens distillers
1739

  • Stono Rebellion in South Carolina
1739–1748

  • War with Spain in the Caribbean and France in Canada and Europe
1750

  • Iron Act restricts colonial iron production
1751

  • Currency Act prohibits land banks and paper money

Question

KEY TURNING POINTS: The Glorious Revolution (1688–1689), salutary neglect and the rise of the assemblies (1714–1750), and the Hat, Molasses, Iron, and Currency Acts (1732–1751). How do these developments reflect Britain’s new attitude toward its colonies? In what matters did Parliament seek to control the colonies, and in what did it grant them autonomy?