1675—King Philip’s war in New England. He was a warrior of great ability and activity. Fourteen towns were destroyed by the Indians, and six hundred inhabitants killed. Philip is killed August 12, 1676, and the Indian tribes very nearly destroyed.
1676—Three of the Regicides (Judges of Charles I., King of England) came to New England.
—New Jersey divided into East and West Jersey, at the suggestion of Wm. Penn.
Bacon’s rebellion in favor of popular rights, in Virginia.
1677—Virginia obtains a new charter.
Massachusetts purchases Maine.
1678—Sir Edmund Andross, royal governor of New York, usurps the government of the Jerseys.
1679—New Hampshire becomes a royal province, but the people make a successful stand for their legislative privileges.
—Massachusetts having disregarded the Navigation Act, Edward Randolph was sent as Inspector of Customs. He failed to enforce the act, and in 1682 the charter of Massachusetts was annulled.
1680—Charleston, South Carolina, founded.