colonization

1400- 1754

Period: Oct 4, 1400 to Oct 4, 1754

Discovery of the Americas-Columbus Arrival

Oct 12, 1492

.Important Peopl: Christopher Columbus (Born 1451 in Genoa Italy)
.Description: in 1492 columbus sail to the east in order to find new trade routes and discover the americas instead, he first discover Cuba ans the Hispaniola (modern day Dominican Republic and Haiti)
.Outcome: the discovery of new land. good for the spanish but bad for the native americans because later on they lands will be taken by the europeans.

Treaty Of Tordesillas

Jun 7, 1494

.Important people: Pope Alexander VI, spain and portugal as well
.Description: it was a treaty that divide the new discovered lands between spain and portugal
.Outcome: spain and portugal divide the new lands

Encomienda System

Oct 4, 1503

.Important peopl: native americans and spanish
.Description: The encomienda system was created by the Spanish to control and regulate American Indian labor and behavior during the colonization of the Americas
.Outcome: native americans lost their religious beliefs and were forced to work in the fields, native americans basically become. slaves

Magellan's expedition circumnavigates the globe

Oct 4, 1519

.Important people: ferdinand magellan
.description: Ferdinand Magellan's ships are the first to circumnavigate the globe. Magellan himself is killed by natives
.Outcome: first person in navigate around the globe, mangella dies by natives

Cortes Captures Tenochtitlan

May 12, 1521

.Important people: Hernan Cortes and Moctezuma (Aztec people)
.Description: Hernán Cortés and approximately 100 Spaniards capture the capital of the Aztec Empire.
.Outcome: spanish won, aztec lost

Pizarro Invades Peru

Oct 4, 1532

.Important People: francisco pizarro and inca people
.Description: 169 Spanish soldiers under Francisco Pizarro control and their native allies captured the Sapa Inca Atahualpa in the 1532 Battle of Cajamarca.
.Outcome: apanish won, incas lost

Jamestown Is Founded

May 13, 1607

.Important People: king james the first
.Description: it was found in virginia, named for king james the first and it was the first successful English settlement on the mainland of North America.
.Outcome: english people benefit

Puritans settle in Massachusetts

Oct 4, 1620

.Inportant people: William Bradford and William Brewster
.Description: puritans who have escape from the english chruch persucution seattle in massachusetts
.Outcome: puritans obtain a new on were to live on

Pennsylvania is founded

Oct 4, 1681

.Important people: william penn (Quaker)
.Description: Pennsylvania is founded as William Penn, a Quaker, receives a Royal charter with a large land grant from King Charles II.
.Outcome: quakers obtain a place to live

Wool Act

Oct 4, 1699

.Important people: english parliament
.Description: The English Parliament passes the Wool Act, protecting its own wool industry by limiting wool production in Ireland and forbidding the export of wool from the American colonies.
.Outcome: english government benefits