1663. CLARENDON GRANT to Lord Clarendon and others,--March 24. (This grant extended from 30° to
36° lat., and from ocean to ocean.)
CHARTER OF RHODE ISLAND, giving religious liberties, granted,--July 8.
1664. NEW NETHERLANDS granted to the Duke of York and Albany,--March 12.
NEW JERSEY granted to Berkeley and Carteret,--June 24.
STUYVESANT surrenders New Amsterdam (New York City).
FORT ORANGE, N. Y., named Albany,--Sept. 24.
ELIZABETH, N. J., settled by emigrants from Long Island.
1665. CONNECTICUT AND NEW HAVEN united under the name of Connecticut,--May.
SECOND CHARTER of Carolina; boundary extended to 29° lat.,--June 30.
CLARENDON COLONY, near Wilmington, N. C., permanently settled.
1670. DETROIT, MICH., settled by the French. CARTERET COLONY settled on Ashley River, near Charleston, S. C.