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1492
Columbus Arrives in the Caribbean
Traditional Globalization -
1497
John Cabot claims Newfoundland for England
Traditional Globalization -
1519
Cortez arrives in Mexico
Old Imperialism -
1534
Cartier explores and claims New France
Old Imperialism -
Queen Elizabeth I granted the British East India Trading Company a monopoly in India
Old Imperialism -
Champlain establishes Quebec City
Old Imperialism -
Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock
Old Imperialism -
The Hudson’s Bay Company is established (exclusive rights to trade in Rupert’s Land)
Old Imperialism -
Battle on the Plains of Abraham
New Imperialism -
Britain assumes control of India (the “Raj” era)
New Imperialism -
American Civil War ends
New Imperialism -
Buffalo Bill Cody kills nearly 5000 buffalo in a year
New Imperialism -
Canada becomes a country
New Imperialism -
Stanley finds Livingstone
New Imperialism -
The Indian Act is put into place
New Imperialism -
King Leopold II & the Congo
New Imperialism -
The Berlin Conference and the Scramble for Africa
New Imperialism -
Rwanda becomes a part of German East Africa
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Gandhi receives his law degree in London
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The Boer War begins in South Africa
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Period: to
The Great War (or World War I)
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Rwanda is occupied by the Belgians (taken from the Germans)