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Aug 12, 1492
The New World Discovered
Christopher Columbus discovers the New World. This marks the beginning of the Columbian Exchange, which will become a trading system and bring about different types of food, livestock, and germs. -
May 20, 1498
Vasco Da Gama: New Route to India
Vasco Da Gama found a new route to India which he helped establish a spice trade route for the Dutch Empire. This trading route established a Dutch stronghold on spices from India to Europe. -
Apr 27, 1521
Ferdinand Magellan: Around the World I Go!
The first to circumnavigate the globe. He traveled from the Atlantic through the Pacific Ocean which would give later explores a better understanding of how to sail across the seas efficiently. -
Oct 13, 1521
Hernán Cortés Overthrew the Aztecs
Hernán Cortés overthrew the Aztec Empire. This established a stronghold for the Spanish in the new world. -
Jul 26, 1533
Francisco Pizzaro: Goodbye Cuzco!
Pizzaro captures and takes over the Incan Empire creating a Spanish settlement and threshold over Peru. -
"A City Upon A Hill" John Winthrop
Winthrop establishes "A City Upon A Hill" which enhances the Massachusetts Bay Colony by forming into a Puritan settlement. This envied Puritans from England to live in the New World with a thirst for religious freedom. -
The Society of Friends: William Penn
William Penn establishes the Society of Friends in what is now Pennsylvania. He gains close relations with the Lenape Native Americans. He also established what is now known as Philadelphia for the Quakers and for religious freedom. -
Potato Famine
The Irish depended on this New World crop for political, economic, and social reasons. However, from 1845-1850 a blight contaminated many of the Irish crops and led to starvation amongst the Irish people. This put a strain on British ties which later led to the independence of Ireland. -
London hosts the 1st World's Fair
London was the first to host the World's Fair. THis would bring together new ideas from across the country.
