. First expedition of Cabot. 1497 Second Patent to Cabot 1498 Formal possession taken of Newfoundland by Sir H. Gilbert 1583 Formal possession taken of Virginia 1584 First Charter of Virginia Company 1606 Second 1609 Bermudas settled 1609-1612 Settlement in New England of Mayflower Pilgrims 1620 Grant of Nova Scotia to Sir W. Alexander 1623 Barbados settled 1624-1625 Revocation of Charter of Virginia Company 1624 Charter of Massachusetts Bay Company . 1629 English capture of Quebec 1629 Treaty of St Germain-en-Laye 1632 Grant of Maryland to Lord Baltimore 1632 Committee of Privy Council for administering Colonies . 1634 Parliamentary Commissioners for administering Colonies Navigation Ordinance 1651 Conquest of Jamaica 1655 Navigation Act 1660 Council for Foreign Plantations 1661 Charter to Connecticut 1662 Rhodes Island 1663 Charters of Carolina to Lord Shaftesbury and others 1663 and 1665 Conquest of New Amsterdam (New York) 1664 Treaty of Breda (restoration of Acadia to France) 1667 Charter of Hudson's Bay Company 1670 1681 Revocation of Charter of Massachusetts 1683 Conquest of Port Royal by Phipps 1690 New Charter of Massachusetts 1691 1643 1674 1675 A,D. 1758 Board of Trade 1696 Peace of Ryswick (restoration of Acadia) 1697 Conquest of Acadia by Nicholson 1710 Abortive Canada Expedition of Hill 1711 Treaty of Utrecht (Acadia (Nova Scotia) becomes a British Possession) 1713 Foundation of Georgia 1732 Outbreak of War between England and Spain 1739 War of the Austrian Succession 1740 Capture of Louisbourg by New England Colonists 1745 Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (restoration of Cape Breton to France) 1748 Albany Congress 1754 Disaster at Monongahela River 1755 Fall of Louisbourg . Quebec 1759 Montreal 1760 Treaty of Paris 1763 Stamp Act. 1765 Duties upon Tea, etc. 1767 Appointment of new Secretary of State for American Affairs 1768 American Congress 1774 Quebec Act. 1774 Declaration of Independence 1776 Surrender of Burgoyne 1777 Cornwallis 1781 Battle of the Saints 1782 Abolition of American Secretaryship and of Board of Trade 1782 Treaty of Versailles 1783 Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations 1784 Foundation of New South Wales . 1788 Canada Act. 1791 First Conquest of Cape of Good Hope 1795 Formal junction of War and Colonial Departments 1801 Abolition of Slave Trade 1807 Beginnings of Constitutional Government in Australia 1823 and 1828 Van Diemen's Land separated from New South Wales . 1825 Foundation of Western Australia . 1829 Land Regulations and Appointment of Emigration Commissioners 1831 Emancipation of Slaves 1833 Foundation of South Australia 1836 Exodus of Dutch Farmers. 1836 Land and Emigration Commissioners 1840 Annexation of New Zealand 1840 Canada Reunion Act 1840 . A.D. 1854 1854 1854 Representative Government instituted and developed in New 1842 and 1850 Victoria separated from New South Wales 1850 Annexation of Natal 18.43 Free Trade . 18:6 Assumption of Orange River Sovereignty 18.48 Repeal of Navigation Acts 1849 Sand River Convention 1852 v New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 Cape Colony Constitution . Abandonment of Orange River Sovereignty New Secretaryship of State for the Colonies Australian Constitution Acts (Responsible Government instituted) 1855 Merchant Shipping Act 1855 Foundation of British Columbia 1858 Queensland separated from New South Wales British North America Act 1867 Cessation of Transportation to Australia 1867 Responsible Government in Cape Colony Annexation of Transvaal Pretoria Convention 1881 London Convention 1884 London Colonial Conference 1887 Charter to Royal Niger Company. 1886 British East Africa Company 1888 British South Africa Company 1899 Grant of Responsible Government to Western Australia 1890 Grant of Responsible Government to Natal 1893 Ottawa Colonial Conference 189; 1859 1872 1877 |