AP Euro Units 1 & 2

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  • 1400

    Prince Henry sponsors Portugese Explorers

    Prince Henry led the way in sponsoring exploration for Portugal. First, his navigators discovered and claimed the Madeira and Azores islands to the west and southwest of Portugal. By 1415, Portugal had expanded into Muslim North Africa, seizing the port of Ceuta.Prince Henry's sponsorship is the most important event because it sparks the whole movement. After countries see Portugal's success, they also begin exploring. Without Prince Henry's ssponsorship, countries may not have explored.
  • Period: 1440 to

    Hapsburg Dynasty

  • 1450

    The Expansion of European trade routes

    More trade routes opened due to Exploration, which allowed Europe to gain new goods from other countries and helped increased profit.
  • Period: 1450 to

    Commercial Revolution

  • Period: 1450 to 1550

    Renaissance

  • 1453

    End of Hundred Years War

    In 1453, with the French pushing back the English, the war entered its final stage. At the Battle of Castillon in southwestern France, the French claimed a decisive victory using new artillery tactics, effectively ending England's claims to most of its territories.
  • 1454

    The Gutenburg Bible

    Johannes Gutenberg published the Gutenberg Bible using a new printing press technology that would revolutionize European literacy
  • Period: 1485 to

    Tudors Dynasty

  • 1492

    Christopher Columbus set sails for India

    October 12, 1492, is of enormous significance in Western history: It is the day when explorer Christopher Columbus completed his journey across the Atlantic Ocean and landed in the “New World.”What Columbus actually reached on that October day was an island he named San Salvador that is now part of the Bahamas.
  • Period: 1492 to

    Age of Exploration

  • 1493

    Columbian Exchange

    Begining in 1493, Columbus brought nearly 1,200 settlers and a variety of European animals and plants. Europeans found new foods and transported them back to the Old World. Plus, old plants from Europe were taken to the New World. This was the seventh most important event because the Columbian Exchange helped Europeans have food to eat, such as potatoes, and it helped Native Americans hunt better because horses were introduced to the New World. The Columbian Exchange shaped the world we live in.
  • 1494

    The Treaty of Tordesillas

    The Treaty of Tordesillas of 7 June 1494 involves agreements between King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile and King John II of Portugal establishing a new demarcation line between the two crowns, running from pole to pole, 370 leagues to the west of Cape Verde islands.
  • 1509

    Henry VIII comes into power of England

    On 23 April 1509, 17-year-old Henry VIII was told that his father Henry VII had died, and that he was to be crowned the new King of England.
  • 1516

    Charles V comes into power of Spain

    Charles V took power in Spain in 1516, and in 1530, he became Holy Roman Emperor, the last emperor to be so crowned.
  • 1525

    The Battle of Pavia

    The Italian Wars finally came to a close: In 1525 the Battle of Pavia took place between France and the Holy Roman Empire, ending French claims on Italy
  • 1526

    The Atlantic Slave Trade

    The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade involved the transportation by slave traders of enslaved African people to the Americas. European slave ships regularly used the triangular trade route and its Middle Passage. Europeans established a coastal slave trade in the 15th century and trade to the Americas began in the 16th century
  • 1553

    Lady Jane Grey reigns for 9 days

    Lady Jane Grey was Queen of England for just nine days, from 10 July to 19 July 1553. She was proclaimed Queen as part of an unsuccessful bid to prevent the accession of her Catholic cousin, Mary Tudor. The great-granddaughter of Henry VII, Jane inherited the crown from her cousin Edward VI.
  • 1553

    Mary I takes the crown

    The rightful heir of the house of Tudor had become 'Bloody Mary'. Her reign was cut short by stomach cancer in 1558, and she died in the full knowledge that her half-sister Elizabeth would entirely overturn her attempts at reconcilliation with Rome.
  • 1553

    Edward VI dies

    In the spring of 1553, the 15-year-old king suddenly fell ill. An apparently minor chest infection had turned into something altogether more serious, and within weeks it was clear the boy was dying.
  • 1555

    The Peace of Augsburg

    The Peace of Augsburg temporarily eased the tensions arising from the Reformation, by allowing the legal co-existence of Protestants and Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire.
  • Nov 17, 1558

    Elizabeth I of England takes the throne

  • Triangular Trade

    Triangular Trade across the Atlantic was a series of trade routes that linked Europe, Africa, and the Americas.First, merchant ships brought European goods to Africa. Then, the goods were exchanged for slaves and the slaves were sailed to the Americas. In the Americas, the slaves were traded for raw materials which were shipped to Europe, completing the process.This was the sixth most important because it fueled the economy and it helped the countries recieve goods and people that they needed.

  • The rise of joint-stock companies

    The main purpose of a joint-stock company during the 1500s and 1600s was to share the risks and profits of colonial investments. The global transfer of foods, plants, and animals during the colonization of the Americas is known as the Columbian Exchange.

  • The development of modern banking systems

    The birth of modern banking is often attributed to the founding of the Bank of Amsterdam in 1609. It functioned as a central bank, stabilizing the value of the local currency and serving as a model for other central banks, such as the Bank of England (1694) and the Sveriges Riksbank (1668).