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Vikings
Vikings were the first known Europeans to travel to America. Vikings came to make people slaves . They also came for money such as gold and silver.The Vikings came from present day Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. The vikings were raiders as they were traders. Viking women fought right beside there men and were valued members of society. The vikings followed a complex society based on a strong sense of moral values and honor. They also worshipped gods. Vikings stronlgy encouraged Europeans. -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
immagration
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Oct 12, 1492
Spanish Exploration.
Christopher Columbus believed that sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean was the shortest sea route to Asia. Columbus set sail with three small ships and a crew of eighty-seven men on August 2, 1492, and made landfall on October 12 on an island in the Bahamas that he called San Salvador.The earliest expedition brought Juan Ponce de León to the Florida peninsula in search of the mythical “Fountain of Youth” in 1513. -
Oct 12, 1492
More Of Spanish Explaration.
The first exploration of New Mexico may have come about from an ill-fated Spanish attempt to settle Florida in 1527.One of the most important Spanish conquistadors was Hernando Cortes. He conquered the Aztec empire in 1521. -
Jan 1, 1518
Li Shizhen
He was a herbalist and a medical expert.His major contribution to medicine was his 27-year work, which is found in his epic book the Bencao Gangmu.The book has details about more than 1,800 drugs,including 1,100 illustrations and 11,000 prescriptions. -
Sep 4, 1580
THE BRITISH
In the early 1580s queen Elizabeth 1 gave Sir Walter Raleigh permission to establish colonies in north amarica.
The british established 13 colonies, the first coliny established was roanoke, virginia.
In 1607 jamestown, virginia was established by the joint stockcompany.In 1620 plymouth, massachusetts was established by the puritans.In 1628 the massachusetts bay colony was established by the seperatists, trying to seperate from the english church.
later on the colonies rhode island,connecticut. -
First large group of German immigrates
The first large gorup of German immigrants came to America in 1683. Most or these Germans came from the Rhineland area of Germany. 13 German famlies from a town called Krefeld arrived in America in 1863 on October 6th. They had arrived in Philadelphia. These very first German immigrants established a town or community called Germantown. These community is stil in existence.The very first paper mill ever mad in America was made by a german immigrant in Pennslyvania. -
First wave of Polish immagrants
The first wave of Polish immagrants came between 1800 and 1860. -
Immigrats ships
The ships the irish immigrated in were called coffin ships.
The ships history was deadly if a storm hit.
These ships ported in canada because of the british passegers acts. -
THE ACT OF UNION
1803 The british has incorperated ireland into british policy.
This was useless when ireland were in grave situations.
This made ireland a controlled country. -
Mexico’s War of Independence: The Battle of Calderon Bridge .
In early 1811, fighters Miguel Hidalgo and Ignacio Allende were in a brawl with Spanish and royalist authorities. The army had won victories at Guanajuato and Monte de las Cruces, but was being chased around Mexico by the better trained and equipped royalist army of General Félix Calleja. -
Agustín Iturbide,
Agustín Iturbide, a mestizo accepted as a criollo who opposed the insurgent approach to independence, formed a junta with Vicente Guerro to help Mexican independence in 1821. -
Levi Strauss
He was born on February 26, 1829, in Buttenheim Germany.
He died on September 26, 1902,. He died in San Francisco California.Levi Strauss was a German born American businessman who had founded the worlds first company to begin to manufacture blue jeans. Levi's jeans are still around today. Levi's company began in 1853 in Sanfrancisco. -
Germans immagrated to America
German imagritation to Americia has increased more then a tenfold. It stayed that way up until World War 1, wars in Europe and America had slowed down the flow of the of immigrants for many decades starting in the 1770s. Many germans did try to get through America but Germany had mad it very hard to immigrate to America. -
The Opium War (China and Britain)
In the 18oo's the British were exporting Opium to China. Opium is a drug that is highly addictive. This drug also drained China's silver supply. They had to get rid of this because china figured it was bad. When Britain kept exporting it, China destroyed a British Opium Ship which spiked the war. China was no match for Britain.China lost Hong Kong, and it could no longer set trade terms. -
California Gold Rush.
The discovery of gold in California attracted miners from diverse backgrounds, all with the goal of striking it rich. Among them were the Chinese who, drawn together by a common language, settled in camps scattered along the tributaries of the Yuba and Bear Rivers. -
the potato rot
The potato rot started a major immigration for the irish.
With the major food eaten by the irish roting they had no choice but to immigrate.
The irish that didnt immigrate made it through the famine. -
bordering
The irish would port in canada and take another boat to elise island.
They would line up with millions of other immigrants coming to america.
They would take another boat strait to america. -
irish-american life
The jobs in america offered to the irish were vary low.
Many shops had signs saying "NO IRISH NEED APLY".
These signs were known as "NINA's". -
German Immigrants
Germans immigrated to America for a lot of reasons. Some of the Germans immigrated because they had a chance to win your own land. Other reasons they moved is because of constant wars and upheavel. Religious freedom that couldn't be found in Eurpope. German immigrants saw a lot of pontential in America -
Taiping Rebellion
This Rebellion lasted for 14 years.(1851-1865) Because of the loss of territory in the Qing Dynasty, the people started to think the Mandate of Heaven was lost.More than 20 million people died because of this war. -
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was born in Germany.He was born on March 14, 1879. He was born in Württemberg, Germany. Einstein was a geneous. After World War II,Albert Einstein was a leading or positive figure in a movement called the World Government Movement. Isarael offered Einstein presidency, In which he declined Israel's offer. In 1905 Einstein created a theory called the Special Theory of Relativity. Albert Einstein's famous formula is E=mc² -
1890s
In 1880-1890 more than 1.4 million German Immigrants had arrived to America. Many of those Germans who immigrated were Catholics seeking refuge from Bismarck's cultural sturggle.Before Imigrating to America the German-states had required all of your familyu membors to obtain or recieve emigrations visa's. Germans had to have proof that shows that tehy have fulfilled there military servive to Germany.All of this made immigration for Germans wanting to start a new life in America extremly hard -
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
He had become part of a group of rising artists and architects including H.H. Richardson, Stanford White, Charles McKim and John La Farge.
Saint-Gaudens had produced some of his greatest work including a copper statue of Diana and the first of his bronze monuments to President Abraham Lincoln.
He produced a significant body of monuments and decorative sculpture. -
william harnett
william hernett was an irishmen who loves to paint with his collige.
After a few years people got tired of his paintings.
in 1890 william painted a revolver with an ivory handle hanging from its trigger.
he called his painting the faithful colt( thirty year-old 1860 modle at the time).
the pistle was from the cival war era and the opening of the west, in which its title implies it once did yeomen service. -
Ellis Island
Ellis Island opened for immagrants in 1890. It was like a door tha opened for immagrants around the world. The states turned over immagration to the Federal Government. -
David Dubinsky, Famous Polish immagrant.
David Dubinsky was born on February 22, 1982. He was a Union leader. He worked for the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. He immagrated because the Russian Revoulution of 1905. -
José María Morelos
If Morelos had lived to the year 1821, Iturbide wouldnt have been able to take control of the national insurrection; and the nation would not have passed through a half century of hurtful and meannful revolution which caused it to lose half of its territory. -
Mexican Revolution .
During that span, power was concentrated in the hands of a select few ; the people had no power to express their opinions or select their public officials . -
Chinese Revolution.
Revolutionaries in southern China led a successful revolt against the Qing Dynasty, establishing in its place the Republic of China and ending the imperial system. This revolution was the first steps to the revolutions in 1949 -
French Exploration .
The French & Dutch joined alliances and valued the Natvive Americans . The Hurnon allied with the French too .The Iroquuois had an alliance with the Dutch . They used the Dutches guns and attacked the Hurons and devasted them . Diseases killed Native Americans . Also the foodchain died and they had no food and there clothing so the European didnt need them nomore . -
Ricardo Montalban
Ricardo was born in Mexico City .He is best known as Mr. Roarke on Fantasy Island, the role that launched him into true stardom. -
World War 2
World War 2 had started and people wanted to immigrate to other countries. Most german immigrants wanted to immigrate out of germany and go to America were they be safe. Immigrants didn't want to be hurt or inujured in the war. Some german immigrants didnt want to be drafted in the war so they moved as soon as they heard, Then other immigrants didnt believe in violence so they just immigrated to another country. -
World War II started
World War II started on September 1, 1939 by Germany attacking Poland. -
Carlos Santana
Carlos was born in Autlán de Navarro , Mexico . In the early 1960s, Santana moved to America . He is now an American guitarist . -
1950s
Many Europeans turned to the United States after World War 2. Some Germans immigrated in new hopes of finding a better life. So Germans were forced to because the allied bombed there cities. Other Germans left because they wanted lifes that weren't constanly in the turmoil of war. Some of these immigrants have lost everything they had owned because of the war. Other germans immigarated because they feared communism because it was sweeping Eastern
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Jackie Chan
He began studying martial arts, drama, acrobatics, and singing at age seven. When his parents moved to Australia to find new jobs, the seven-year-old Jackie was left behind to study at the Chinese Opera Research Institute, a Hong Kong boarding school. -
Julio César Chávez Jr.
Julio was born in Sinaloa, Mexico . He is best known for being the son of famed Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. He won the World Boxing Council's middleweight title in 2011, then lost the title to Sergio Martinez in 2012. -
Tiananmen Square Massacre
Student protests in Beijing started because of students wanting democratic reforms. At this time Deng Xiao-Ping was introducing Capitalism to China. These protests started to get nasty and not so pretty. The PLA started to open fire and kill thousand of Chinese. They burned bodies, and files/tapes of any blood. Because no one wanted people to find out about this. -
Second wave of Polish immagration.
This massive immagration came because Poles were looking for a better economic oppurtunity. Most Poles lost their land and couldn't support their famlies. About 2.5 million Poles immagrated.
