Social and economic transformations that occurred in the Atlantic world as a result of new contacts among Western Europe, Africa, and the Americas from 1492 to 1750
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Apr 26, 1482
EL Mina
El Mina a Portuguese trading center is established on the coast of Africa. -
Apr 26, 1484
Christain Kango
The Kango king Nzinga Mvemba converts his whole kingdom to Christianity. -
Apr 26, 1492
New Land
Christopher Columbus landed in what he thought was Asia, but turned out to be the Bahamas. -
Period: Apr 26, 1492 to Apr 26, 1570
The Americas
Colonial administration was established in the Americas at this time. -
Period: Apr 26, 1492 to
Colombian Exchange
The Columbian Exchange the the trading of goods across the Atlantic ocean. It included Europe, Africa, and the Americas. It was the exchange of crops, slaves, diseas, and animals. It played a very significant impact on each society. The native populations of the Americas were decimated, thousands of slaves were brought to the Americas, and the European population exploded due to the new crops such as potats. Cultural diffusionalso was a big effect of this trade route such as religion and culture -
Period: Apr 26, 1493 to Apr 26, 1520
Establishing colonies
Colonies were established and settled in the Carribean. -
Apr 26, 1497
Colonisation
The first expiditions to North America to colonize -
Apr 26, 1500
African Slaves
Europeans began to see how decimated the native population was and began bringing African slaves to the Americas -
Period: Apr 26, 1500 to
Gun Powder Empires
Gun Powder Empires and expanding international existing states and societies were transformed. African colonies/empires already used slaves and saw having them as a sign of wealth. Examples of empires like this are the Asante and Dahomey. -
Apr 26, 1534
Canada
The French reach Canada -
Apr 26, 1535
Spanish rule
Most of central Mexico was brought uder Spanish rule. -
Period: Apr 26, 1545 to Apr 26, 1565
Silver mines
Silver mines were discovered, Polosin, in what is now pure. Silver became a major trade item for the Spanish. -
Apr 26, 1550
Norther Europe
Egland and France began exploring the Americas and began establishing colonies. -
Apr 26, 1550
Plantations
American Plantation colonies develop. -
Apr 26, 1570
Luanda
The Portuguese establish their settlement Luanda in what is known as Angola. -
British take over
The British beat Spain in a sea battle, this event set the British up to have dominace of the seas. -
Slave trade
Slave trade in African societies predomints over all other kinnds of commerce on African coast. -
Gold mines
Gold was found in Brazil -
1700s
The American colonies went under reform -
New King
Spanish King Charles III died without and heir. Philip of Anjor, Bourborn relative of the king of France, became the succesor of the SPanish king. This shows that Spain lost its commercial monopoly.