History Timeline for Unit 3

By demonbarber14
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Colombus Sailed the Ocean Blue

    Colombus Sailed the Ocean Blue
    Colombus sails west to find a trade route to Asia, but instead, he finds a new world without knowing it.
  • Jun 15, 1511

    First Enslaved Africans arrive in the Americas

    First Enslaved Africans arrive in the Americas
    The Spanish abolishd the encomienda system which allow then to enslave the native Indians. Because the Spanish needed laborers, they used Africans.
  • Jan 1, 1521

    Cortes conquers the Aztec Empire

    Cortes conquers the Aztec Empire
    Cortes goes to modern Mexico, South America, and The US in search of gold. He and his men come across the Aztec Empire and their leader, Montezuma II gives him a share of his gold. Apparently, this wasn't enough, and with the help of guns, germs, and steel, he and his men conquered the Aztecs.
  • Jun 15, 1533

    Pizarro Conquers the Incan Empire

    Pizarro Conquers the Incan Empire
    Francisco Pizarro and his men kidnap Atahualpa and kill him after he gives them the ransom. The rest of the Incans then retreat from Cajamarca leaving Pizarro free to capture the Incan capital, Cuzco.
    Or, in the immortal words of "Horrible Histories",
    "Frankie Pizz
    Frankie Pizz
    He's a fighter, he's a wiz
    went to get some Incan gold
    even though he was quite old"

  • English Found Jamestown

    English Found Jamestown
    In 1606, London investors get a charter to found a colony in North America. After four months of sailing, they reach Virginia, claim the land, and name the settlement after their king, James.

  • English Found Plymouth

    English Found Plymouth
    The persecuted Pilgrims from England found the colony Plymouth, in Massachusetts.

  • French and Indian War Ends

    French and Indian War Ends
    The English colonists push into France's land in North America. In 1754, there is a war between the English and the French over land claims in the Ohio Valley. They also battle for supremacy in Europe, the West Indies, and India. With some help from the British Army, the British colonists win the war.