1763 – 1803
This map covers the period following the Treaty of Paris in 1763 and concludes in 1803 with the Louisiana purchase. On this map the focus is primarily on North and South America and India.
Spain
Britain
The initial scene of this map uses shading to illustrate the situation in North and South America. The map shows the position following the Treaty of Paris of 1763 with Britain taking Canada from the French while the Spanish took Louisiana. At this point the Spanish Empire extended from Louisiana and California down to Chile. Meanwhile Britain had the original thirteen colonies and the areas opened to the west as far as the Mississippi as well as Canada.
In India British influence extended from Bengal down the eastern coast and to a considerable degree inland through treaties between the EIC and Indian princes. Britain also controlled the Cape Colony in South Africa. In 1788 a Crown Colony was founded at New South Wales in Australia.
The USA
Dutch colonial activity began in this period with the incorporation of the Dutch East India Company in 1602. There were Dutch trading posts at the Cape of Good Hope, Cochin [South India], Colombo [Sri Lanka], Malacca [Malaya], Bantam [Java], Zeelandia [Taiwan] and Nagasaki [Japan]. Batavia, modern day Jakarta in Indonesia, was the Dutch Eastern headquarters. Dutch explorers reached as far as New Guinea and mapped Tasmania, New Zealand, Tonga and Fiji. The Dutch West India Company was active in the Americas founding New Amsterdam in 1624 and also conquering Pernambuco, a coastal region of Brazil, in 1630. New Amsterdam was lost to the British in 1674 and the Brazilian territory was later retaken by the Portuguese in the 1650s leaving the Dutch in the West to focus on the Caribbean.
Events
General Events
| 1. | 1763 France | Treaty of Paris |
| 2. | 1803 Washington | Louisiana Purchase |
Catholic Event
| 3. | 1773 Rome | Suppression of Jesuits by Pope Clement XIV |
Protestant Event
| 4. | 1790s Britain | Protestant British Missionary Societies BMS 1793 LMS 1795 CMS 1799 |
BMS Event
| 5. | 1793 India | William Carey BMS at Serampore |
LMS Event
| 6. | 1797 Tahiti | Arrival of The Duff LMS |
Revival Event
| 6. | 1800 New England | Second Great Awakening |