1729. Carolina, purchased by the English Crown, is divided into the royal provinces of North and South Carolina.
1730. Baltimore is laid out.
1732. Oglethorpe embarks from England to establish a settlement in Georgia.
1733. Founding of Savannah.
1741. New Hampshire is finally separated from Massachusetts.
1744. Beginning of King George’s War in America. The French capture Canseau (afterward Canso), and are repulsed at Annapolis.
1745. Jacobite rising in Scotland. Charles Edward, the young Pretender, is victorious at Prestonpans. The New England troops, under Sir William Pepperell, reduce the French fortress of Louisburg.
1746. Jacobite defeat at Culloden.
1748. The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle terminates the War of the Austrian Succession and King George’s War in America. Louisburg restored to France.
1749. The Ohio Company receives its grant from George II.