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.