3. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of president shall be eligible to that of vice president of the United States. ART. XIII.-If any citizen of the United States shall accept, claim, receive, or retain any title of nobility or honour, or shall, without the consent of congress, accept and retain any present, pension, office, or emolument of any kind whatever, from any emperor, king, prince, or foreign power, such person shall cease to be a citizen of the United States, and shall be incapable of holding any office of trust or profit under them, or either of them, The following Table gives a View of the absolute and relative Population of the States and Territories in 1830; of the Number of the different Classes of the Population; of the Rate of Increase from 1820 to 1830; and of the Area and Number of Representatives of each State in the Federal Congress. Including 5.602 not regularly returned. It appears that the actual number of slaves in Pennsylvania was only 67, the number here given including indented apprentices. 4Every child born after 1801 is free. Population in 1835. Population in 1935. Including 210 not regularly returned. **Population in 1835. CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. (The figures on the right hand refer to the page of the history on which an account of each event referred to may be found.) Year 1497 The Cabots discover the Continent of North America 1499 Vespucci's voyage with Ojeda 1501 Voyage of Cortereal 1512 Juan Ponce de Leon discovers Florida 1523 Verrazani explores the American coast Page 12 1525 Narvaez attempts the conquest of Florida 1534 Jaques Cartier sails up the St. Lawrence 1539 Ferdinand de Soto commences the conquest of Florida 1541 Soto discovers the Mississippi river 1562 Ribault leaves a French colony on the coast of Florida St. Augustine, the oldest town in the United States, founded 1568 The Spanish colony on the river May destroyed by De 1576 Frobisher's expedition. 1579 First voyage of Sir Humphrey Gilbert 1584 Raleigh's first expedition sent to Carolina commanded by Amidas and Barlow 1603 Gosnold's voyage to New England 1605 First permanent French settlement in North America made at Port Royal 1606 First charter of Virginia issued 1607 Jamestown in Virginia founded; the earliest permanent English settlement in North America 1608 Quebec settled by Champlain 1609 Henry Hudson discovers the Hudson river. Second charter of Virginia granted 1610 The starving time in Virginia 1611 Sir Thomas Dale arrives in Virginia 1613 New York settled by the Dutch 1619 First General Assembly in Virginia 1620 Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth. 1621 Charter granted to the Dutch West India Company for settling the territory between the Connecticut and the Delaware 1622 Patent granted to Gorges and Mason by the Plymouth Com pany 1623 Portsmouth and Dover settled by Gorges and Mason Albany settled by the Dutch. 1624 Dissolution of the London Company 1627 The Swedes settle on the Delaware, and call their colony New Sweden 1630 Heath's patent for Carolina granted 1631 Clayborne forms a settlement on Kent Island Windsor in Connecticut settled 1633 Maryland settled by Lord Baltimore The Dutch settle at Hartford 1634 Banishment of Roger Williams Representative form of government first adopted in New Eng land 1635 Saybrook settled by John Winthrop 102 1643 Confederation of the New England colonies 1641 New Hampshire annexed to Massachusetts 1644 Roger Williams obtains a charter for Rhode Island 1650 Connecticut abandoned by the Dutch 1651 Virginia capitulates to the parliament Risingh takes Fort Casimir from the Dutch 1655 Stuyvesant, the Dutch governor of New York, conquers New Sweden 1660 Charles II proclaimed in Virginia Arrival of the regicides Whalley and Goffe in Boston 1663 Lord Clarendon obtains a charter for Carolina. 1664 Commissioners sent to New England to regulate the colonies. 71 New York taken from the Dutch by the English Charles II grants to the Duke of York a patent for the country from the Delaware to the Connecticut The Duke of York grants New Jersey to Berkeley and Car teret 1670 Port Royal in South Carolina settled by Governor Sayle. 1671 Charleston settled 1673 New York re-conquered by the Dutch 1674 New York restored to the English at the treaty of Westminster. 1675 Commencement of King Philip's war 1676 Bacon's rebellion in Virginia Death of King Philip Maine purchased by Massachusetts 1681 First representative assembly in New Jersey Penn receives a charter for Pennsylvania . 1682 Philadelphia founded 1684 Colonel Dongan and Lord Effingham's treaty with the Five Nations 1685 Charles II dies, and is succeeded by James II 1686 Sir Edmund Andros appointed president of New England 1687 Andros attempts to deprive Connecticut of its charter 1688 New York and New Jersey added to the jurisdiction of An- Revolution in England, which gives the sovereignty to Wil 1689 Andros deposed and imprisoned, aad William and Mary pro Jacob Leisler usurps the government of New York. War on the Canada border. Port Royal in Nova Scotia taken 1691 Colonel Sloughter appointed governor of New York. Leisler deposed and executed 1694 Culture of rice introduced into South Carolina 1697 Peace of Ryswick 1701 Penn grants a new charter to Pennsylvania Lord Cornbury appointed governor of New York 1702 War with France and Spain Expedition against St. Augustine War on the Canada border 1706 Unsuccessful attack of the Spaniards on Charleston 1711 Unsuccessful invasion of Canada 1712 War in North Carolina with the Tuscarora and Coree Indians 105 1715 War of the Yemassees. 74 89 75 . 110 75 . 110 76 69 . 108 1729 North and South Carolina separated 1732 General Oglethorpe obtains a charter for Georgia 4733 General Oglethorpe colonises Georgia 1740 Oglethorpe besieges St. Augustine 114 1748 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle Year APPENDIX. 1742 nvasion of Georgia by the Spaniards successfully resisted 1744 War between France and England 1745 Louisbourg taken. 1752 Charter of Georgia surrendered to the king 114 115 Congress of Delegates from seven colonies meet at Albany 118 1755 Nova Scotia conquered by the British. 119 120 1757 Fort William Henry taken by Montcalm. 1756 War formally declared between France and England • 12/ 122 122 Nov. 1759 Forts Du Quesne and Frontignac taken by the English 1765 Stamp act passed. First Continental Congress meets at New York 1766 Stamp act repealed 1768 Boston garrisoned by British troops 1770 Boston massacre 1772 Affair of the schooner Gaspee 1773 Tea destroyed in Boston 1774 Boston Port bill passed Continental Congress assembles at Philadelphia Dec. 19 Montreal taken 31 Attack on Quebec defeated. Montgomery killed 1776 March 17 Boston evacuated by the British 15 Articles of confederation of the United States ratified 166 172 11 Washington retires to Valley Forge 173 183 185 June 18 The British evacuate Philadelphia 185 July Aug. 28 Battle of Monmouth Arrival of Count D'Estaing with a French fleet Unsuccessful attempt to recover Rhode Is'ani 186 187 187 187 1778 Dec. 28 The British take Savannah 1779 Feb. April 12 Charleston capitulates. Unsuccessful attempt of the British on Port Royal March 3 Battle of Briar Creek May General Prevost advances towards Charleston. June 20 Defeat of General Lincoln at Stono Ferry July Sept. Oct. 1780 May 19 Storming of Paulus Hook 25 Defeat of the Americans at Penobscot 23 Battle of the Bon Homme Richard and Serapis 188 192 192 193 189 193 189 190 190 191 194 . 195 194 198 29 Battle at the Waxhaws 199 27 General Conway makes a motion in the British Par- 227 Lord North retires from the ministry 228 Treaty of peace between the United States and 228 American officers petition Congress for payment of arrears 229 Meeting of the officers. 299 1783 March April 19 Cessation of hostilities between the United States and Convention meets at Philadelphia for framing the Sept. 17 Constitution made public 1789 March 4 Washington's Administration commences Vermont admitted into the Union 1794 Aug. 20 General Wayne defeats the Indians on the Miami 1797 March 4 Commencement of John Adams's Administration 1799 Dec. 14 Death of General Washington 1800 Sept. 30 Treaty of peace between the United States and Nov. France signed Congress first sits at Washington Administratio 901 March 4 Commencement of Jefferson's Administration 1902 July 20 Louisiana ceded to France 231 231 233 234 235 235 235 238 241 242 243 243 245 248 250 250/ 250 251 252 |