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Period: Jul 11, 1400 to
Exploration
The Age of Exploration -
Feb 2, 1418
Portuguese Exploration
The portuguese began exploration of africa durring this period to find resouces and to find ways to india for other goods and spices. -
Oct 11, 1492
Columbus reaches West Indies
Columbus discovers the "new world" and ended up arround Cuba but mistakes it for Asia at first. Later he would understand that he had discovered a new landmass -
Jun 7, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas signed
The treaty of tordesillas is signed and divides the new lands discovered between Spain and Portugal. It failed to mention other kingdomes like England in the treaty though. -
Dec 24, 1497
Vasco
Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful in the Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India. Returned from Africa with a few spices and made a 3000% profit. -
Feb 2, 1500
Pedro Cabral
Pedro Cabral lands in South America and names the land Brazil for Portugal. In the process he tries to make friends with the natives. -
Aug 10, 1511
Albuquerque
Alfonso d' Albuquerque and his Portuguese fleet attack and finally captured Melaka. -
Feb 3, 1521
Spain rule of Mexico
300 years, from 1521 at the fall of Tenochtitlan, to 1821, when Mexico was recognized as an independent country. -
Jul 1, 1521
Aztecs Defeated
Hernando Cortes defeates the and destroyes the entire Aztec empire. The Aztecs were easily defeated becauese of the use of weapons by the Spanish. -
Feb 2, 1522
Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan finished his trip arround the world even though he died by his crew which started with 287 people and five ships and ended up with only 18 crew members to finish the trip. He was also the first to cross the pacific ocean. -
Feb 3, 1534
French Colonization
French attemps of colonization in Both America and Canada start arround this time most of the time ending in failure. -
Sep 25, 1555
Peace of Augsburg
It is a treaty between was a treaty between Charles V and the forces of the Schmalkaldic League to stop fighting in the Holy Roman Empire between the two christian religions and to recognize them both as equal. -
Aug 10, 1572
Incas Defeated
The last incan outpost are conqured and taken over by the spanish by Francisco Pizarro. -
Batholomeu Dias
The expedition sailed south along the West coast of Africa. He lead three ships to explore the rest of africa. -
English trade in India
The british east india company was set up in the 1600's to ship goods to britain to be traded. -
Dutch settlement of North America.
exploring a passage to the Indies and claiming any uncharted areas for the United Provinces, which led to several significant expeditions. The two Dutch settlements in the Americas are, New Netherlands and New Amsterdam. -
Dutch trade in India
The dutch east india trade was set up two years after the britsish to be part of the large trade there. -
English Rule of U.S.
The English were in control of the colonies from 1607 till 1776. -
Henry Hudson
Henry Hudson Discovers the Hudson Bay after thinking he had found the northwest passage. He had gotten payment to explore for the passage by the English. -
African Slave Trade
First African people to be taken from africa as enslaved persons to the new world. In 1865 the United States officially abolished slavery. -
English take New Netherland
The English take over the area which is now new york because one they wanted to stop Dutch expansion in north america and take over a large trade port. -
English rule of Canada
The english ruled canada from 1763 untill 1900 and aquired the land from the French.