Empire History - Year 9

By KateJohnson
  • Nov 29, 1420

    Portugal in Africa

    Portugal establishes first colony in Africa. They then established a large number of cities along the coast of Africa. These colonies were small cities that the Portuguese would use to trade from. They did not try to conquer the country.
  • Nov 29, 1492

    Columbus reaches the Americas

    Columbus reaches the Bahamas from Spain. This is the first time Europeans have reached the Americas.
  • Nov 29, 1496

    Spanish colonise South America

    First Spanish colony is established in South America. They soon spread to conquer from Mexico to Chile.
  • Nov 29, 1500

    Brazil colonised

    Brazil colonised by the Portuguese. This is the only Portuguese colony that was eventually turned into a country.
  • Nov 29, 1502

    Portugal in Goa

    Portuguese establish a colony in Goa, India. They soon spread their trade through to India.
  • Nov 29, 1571

    Spanish conquest of the Philippines

    Spanish conquest of the Philippines.

  • British in North America

    British land in North America and start building colonies.

  • Dutch in Indonesia

    Dutch conquer Java (Indonesia). They burn down the capital and build a new one. They soon become the only people trading in spices, which come from Indonesia.

  • French in North America

    French colonise Canada. Move south through USA to Caribbean. In the process, they conquer a huge amount of what is now the USA.

  • British in the Caribbean

    British colonise the Caribbean.

  • Dutch in North America

    Dutch buy Manhattan Island and call it New Amsterdam. At this point, they have small trading towns all over the coast of North America (much like the Portuguese in Asia and Africa)

  • British in India

    British enter India. Over the next 250 years, they take over all the way from Pakistan to Myanmar.

  • British in Africa

    British begin to colonise Africa. They get most of the middle of the continent.

  • South American independence

    Brazil becomes independent. By this time, most of South America is independent.

  • France in Asia

    The French colonise Indochina (Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos)

  • Latecomers to Empire

    Germany and Italy begin looking for colonies in Africa, but most are already taken.