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 836 Chronological Table. 1629 War between England and France. Surrender of Quebec. 1632 Canada and Acadia restored to France by Peace of St Germain. 1633 Settlement of Connecticut formed. 1634 Cecilius, second Lord Baltimore, founds colony of Maryland. 1635 Consolidation of small settlements into colonies of New Hampshire and Maine. 1637 Foundation of Harvard College. 1638 Colony of New Haven formed. 1640 English settlements on Long Island and on the Delaware. 1641 Foundation of Montreal. 1643 Federation of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Haven, and Plymouth. Providence Plantations incorporated. 1647 Rhode Island formed by combination of settlements. 1651 Massachusetts annexes Maine. 1657 Landing of the Quakers: Acts passed against them. 1663 Colony founded in Carolina. 1664 Colbert's Company of the West created. 1665 Colony of New Jersey constituted. Connecticut and New Haven united. War with Holland. Occupation of New Netherlands. 1667 New Netherlands ceded to Great Britain by Peace of Breda. 1671 French occupy lands about Lake Superior. 1673 War between England and Holland. New York recovered by the Dutch. 1674 Transfer of French colonies from Company of the West to the Crown. New Netherlands restored to England by Peace of Westminster. 1681 La Salle sails down the Mississippi, and calls the valley Louisiana. 1682 Colony of Pennsylvania formed. 1683 French colony of Louisiana planted. 1686-8 Disturbances under government of Sir Edmund Andros. 1688 Revolution in England. 1689 Rebellion of Leisler. 1692 Acadia annexed to Massachusetts. 1697 Acadia restored to France by the Treaty of Ryswick. 1701 Foundation of Yale College. 1702 War of Spanish Succession begins. Mather's Magnolia published. 1704 First American newspaper published at Boston. 1713 Acadia (Nova Scotia), with Newfoundland and Hudson's Bay, ceded to England by Treaty of Utrecht. 1717 Company of the Indies formed by amalgamation of Company of the West with French East India Company. 1720 First settlement in Vermont. 1730 Commencement of migration into Kentucky. 1733 Colony of Georgia formed. 1734 "The Great Awakening" in New England. 1739 War with Spain. 1740 Oglethorpe invades Florida. 1744 War with France. Capture of Louisbourg. 1748 Louisbourg restored to France by Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. Ohio Land Company formed. 1749 French intrigues in Acadia and on the Ohio. 1753 The French occupy the Ohio valley. 1754 Washington's fight at Great Meadows. 1755 Deportation of the Acadians. Destruction of Braddock's force by French and Indians. 1756 War between England and France. British operations under Lord Loudon. 1757 Capture of Fort William Henry and massacre of British garrison.