11 Chapter 10 Timelines

TIMELINE OF BLACKBEARD'S LIFE 1680 Edward Teach is born, possibly in Bristol, England 1713 Finishes service on a privateer ship in Queen Anne's War 1716 Becomes an assistant under pirate Benjamin Hornigold 1717 Becomes captain of the Revenge, his first solo command Attacks ships off eastern American colonies near Philadelphia Captures La Concorde near Caribbean island of Saint Vincent and renames it the Queen Anne's Revenge 1718 Names himself commodore Attacks ships in the Caribbean and also near Central America In May, returns to the Atlantic and blockades the harbor of Charles Town, South Carolina, for more than a week In November, killed in battle against the Royal Navy near Ocracoke Island, North Carolina

TIMELINE OF THE WORLD 1680 Death of Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American Catholic saint 1681 Pennsylvania colony is founded by William Penn 1692 Salem witch trials held in Massachusetts Bay Colony 1698 Thomas Savery patents the first practical steam engine 1702 Queen Anne's War begins among England, Spain, and France 1706 Benjamin Franklin is born in Boston, Massachusetts 1707 The United Kingdom is formed when the Act of Union unites England, Scotland, and Wales 1709 During the Great Frost, Europe suffers through its coldest winter in five centuries 1713 Queen Anne's War ends with the treaties of Utrecht 1718 City of New Orleans is founded by French settlers 1719 Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe, is published