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Jun 7, 1494
Treaty Of Tordesillas
The Treaty of Tordesillas, signed at Tordesillas, 7 June 1494, divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Spain and Portugal along a meridian 370 Castillian leagues west of the Cape Verde islands. The Treaty of Tordesillas was agreed upon by the Spanish and the Portuguese to clear up confusion on newly claimed land in the New World. -
Jun 7, 1494
Treaty Of Tordesillas' influence on France
Even though the Treaty Of Tordesillas divided the new world between spain and portugal, it didnt inhibit France from trying to colonize North America -
Jun 7, 1495
Global Spanish Empire
This lead to the building of the global Spanish Empire. The treaty gave spain rights to all of these territories (the Spanish Empire). This lead to european conflicts which will become the war of spanish Succession (doesn't have an exact date) Lasted to 1528 -
Jan 1, 1528
First European Exploration to Louisiana
The first European explorers to visit Louisiana came in 1528 when a Spanish expedition led by Panfilo de Narváez located the mouth of the Mississippi River, but the spanish soon lost intrest in exploring Louisiana which will lead to the French coming in, also known as the mississippi bubble (doesn't have an exact date) this lasted to 1682, lead to La Salle -
La Salle claimed louisiana for france
During the Spanish Exploration of Louisiana, La Salle, An explorer, named the region Louisiana to honor Louis the fourteenth. This is important because this marks when the French made their claim to Louisiana -
The War of Spanish Succession
The Spanish Succession started as a conflict that arose out of the disputed succession to the throne of Spain following the death of the childless Charles II, the last of the Spanish Habsburgs. The war of Spanish Succession leads to the break up of the Spanish Empire. Since France was majorly involved, this now influences them for the Mississippi Bubble. (does't have exact dates) lasted from 1701-1714 -
Mississippi Bubble
The Mississippi Bubble was an economic bubble in France in the early 1700s that developed in parallel with Britain’s disastrous South Sea Bubble.This ecomic crisis in france ultimately contributed to the economic crises which lead up to the French Revolution, Basically The Mississippi Bubble caused this long economic depression and high inflation that lasted for the rest of the 1700s resulting in the French Revolution (Doesn't have exact dates, lasted to french revolution) -
Tennis Court Oath, first step of the French Revolution
Faced with financial crisis, the French Government called a meeting of the Estates Generals. The first and second estates had many disagreements with the third estate about the third estates rights. The Third Estate decided to draw up their own constitution. On June 20, 1789 they found themselves locked out of their regular meeting place, so they gathered in an nearby tennis court and vowed that they would continue to meet until they had established a new constitution for France.
