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Dec 14, 1492
Columbus sails to the american
In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue. His landing in the Caribbean was a significant event in relation to imperialism. He sailed for the spanish throne, in attempt to grow their empire's sphere of influence. -
Dec 2, 1532
Pizarro takes Peru
In Peru there was an Inca empire. Pizarro was also know as "Atahualpa". He is a significant to this because this had to do with imperialism. Atahualpa refused to convert to Christianity. Because he refused he was killed him. -
Dec 6, 1555
A Spanish trade
In Spain there was a lot of trade. The empire of Spain got a a lot of goods. Their most important goods were silver and gold. They could only but manufactured goods and could not trade with European nations or other Spanish colonies.This had to do with economic systems and trade. -
Competing for colonies
The Spanish began to move north; the English and dutch, however they stayed along the east coast. This shows that they had European conflict and competition.The Europeans had conflict between the Caribbeans.The Europeans fought against them to them to have profitable sugar producing properties. Now the all of north america exports to Europe. -
The Atlantic slave trade
The slave trade brought a lot of wealth to merchants and traders, and provided the labor that helped profitable colonial economies t o grow. how ever the impact on Africans was horrible.This shows how they used trading with slaves. African states and socialites were torn apart. the lives of individual Africans were upsetting. -
The french and Indian war
The french and Indian war lasted for seven years and the war ended up in Europe. The French won many battles in the past. The British ended up beating the French. Finally, the treaty of Paris ended the war every where in the world and the British won most of north america. This had to do with European conflict.
