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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
Age of Exploration
European colonies expand their territories and trading to change the world they live in. -
Nov 3, 1435
Henry the Navigator
Henry the Navigator esatblishes colonies in Africa -
Dec 10, 1482
Portuguese in Africa
Portuguese establish colonies in Africa to make profit from gold -
Oct 4, 1488
Bartolomeu Dias
Sailed around the sounthern tip of Africa -
Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Columbus lands in the Bahamas and is the first European to discover America. -
Jun 7, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
Line of Demarcation is established between Spain and Portugal for what conrols parts of South America. -
Nov 7, 1497
John Cabot
Cabot explores the coastline of Canada. -
May 20, 1498
Vasco de Gama
becomes the first European to reach India -
May 8, 1499
Amerigo Vespucci
Vespucci explores the eastern coast of Sounth America. -
Apr 6, 1503
Afonso de Albuquerque
Afonso lands his first expedition in India. -
Oct 10, 1505
the Spice trade
Portuguese trade with southeast asia while also making military conquests. -
Nov 11, 1506
Afonso I
Afonso rises to power for the Kingdom in the Kongo. He tries to resist Portuguese slave trading. -
Nov 10, 1509
Francisco Pizarro
Pizarro sails to the new world to conquer the Aztecs. -
Feb 10, 1511
Southeast Asia
Portuguese establish first trading port in Southeast Asia. -
Apr 16, 1515
Francis I of France
Francis rises to power in France and makes so major cultural changes. -
Oct 8, 1516
Bartolome de las Casas
He begins his early work to stop the cruelty of the Native Americans -
Oct 8, 1519
Hernan Cortes
Cortes first lands into Mayan territory in Mexico -
Oct 13, 1519
Moctezuma II
Moctezuma is captured and killed by Hernan Cortes -
Aug 15, 1521
the fall of the Aztecs
Tenochtitlan falls to the Spanish and the Aztec empire is destroyed. -
Jul 26, 1533
Atahualpa
The Inca leader Atahualpa was killed by the Spanish in by Pizarro's soldiers. -
Oct 10, 1533
The fall of the Incas
Pizarro captures the city of Cuzco and ends the Inca empire. -
May 10, 1544
Jacques Cartier
Cartier explores areas in Newfoundland and Canada. -
Jan 22, 1560
Trading in Southeast Asia
Spain colonizes the Philippines. -
Sep 20, 1565
St. Augustine
Spain establishes city of St. Augustine in America in present day Florida. -
Aug 19, 1582
Mateo Ricci
Mateo arrives in Macau to convert the Chinese to christianity -
Columbian Exchange
serious trading begins between countries called the Columbian Exchange -
Dutch East India Co.
it was established to carry out colonial activites in Asia. -
Dutch take over Asia
The Dutch begin to take away Asian colonies possessed by the Portuguese and become the most powerful trading empire. -
colonies in Canada
the city of Quebec becomes the first successful French clony in America. -
Plymouth
Pilgrims land in America and are one of the first colonies. -
Dutch in Africa
Dutch establish the first clony for the Dutch in South Africa at the Cape of Good Hope. -
The Boers
The Boers form while in the Cape of Good Hope under the Dutch East India Company -
Seven Years War
French and English fight for control over influence in America and Asia. -
Seven Years War
France signs the treaty of Paris, ending their influence in India and give up their colonies in Canada to the English. -
George Macartney
Macartney becomes in charge of the embassy for Chins