As the 18th century dawned on the North American continent, four powers, the French, Spanish, the British and the Native Americans were competing to see who could control this remarkable land. *1701 The English Board of Trade Creates Royal Colonies *1701 The French Return Soldiers to North American Interior *1701 Yale College is Founded *1702 Colonists Sack St. Augustine *1702 Cotton Mather publishes "The Ecclesiastical History of New England" *1709 Quakers Erect a Meeting House in Boston *1713 Treaty of Utrecht *1713 Capt. Robinson Designs and Constructs a Schooner