1664 - Dutch surrender New Amsterdam to England

1673 - French explorers reach the Mississippi river

1675 - King Philip's War

1676 - Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia

1680 - Pueblo Revolt in New Mexico

1681 - Pennsylvania founded
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

1691-92 - Salem witch trials

1692 - William and Mary founded

1698 - First French settlements near New Orleans

1661 - Maryland law defines slavery as lifelong, inheritable status
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

1689 - Proprietor overthrown
 
 
 
 

1691 - Maryland becomes a royal colony

1692 - Anglican church established in Maryland; King William's school founded
 

1660 - Charles II restored as King of England

1660 - Navigation Act - English ships and crew three quarters English, list of controlled goods

1663 - Staples Act - European, Asian and African goods shipped to England first
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

1685 - James II, King of England - Louis XIV revokes the Edict of Nantes

1688-89 - Glorious Revolution of William and Mary - English Bill of Rights accepted

1689-1697 -  King William's war against France in northern colonies

1689 - Peter the Great becomes Tsar of Russia

1690 - John Locke's Two Treatises on Civil Government published