Unit 2 Timeline

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  • Sep 30, 1200

    Crusades in Europe

    On the surface, reclaiming the holy lands, for christian europeans. They are about land.
  • Period: Sep 30, 1200 to

    Unit 2 History

  • Sep 30, 1348

    Bubonic Plague starts

    Also known as the Black Death, The Europeans get slowed down by this.
  • Sep 30, 1430

    Gutenburgs perfecting moveable type

  • Sep 30, 1451

    Christopher Columbus was born

  • Sep 30, 1453

    Islam is taking over

  • Sep 30, 1470

    1470s - Sugar Plantations

    Porteugeuse get sugar plantations. They can sell it forever and people will keep buying it since it is addictive now. It's very labor intensive so they get afrcans as slaves to do their production.
  • Sep 30, 1483

    Martin Luther was born.

    (1483-1546)
  • Sep 30, 1484

    Bartolme de Las Casas was born

  • Sep 30, 1490

    Isabella and Fordinand

    Columbus ftches up in Spain at the right time, 1490, where Isabella and Fordinand expelled the jews, moores, all wars over, they are all happy now. The speciaists said columbus was crazy but they roll the dices. He thinks he's going to Indian but lands in the Bohamas.
  • Sep 30, 1491

    Jacques Cartier was born.

    French Explorer (1491-1557)
  • Sep 30, 1492

    Columbus sails the ocean blue

    "In 1492, Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue"
  • Sep 30, 1494

    *Treaty of Tordesillas*

    South America - Two catholic kingdoms fighting for land.Pope has to get involved as referee. First treaty ever made. Ports get the east side of land. (barely aything) Spanish get west (since they were there first).
  • Sep 30, 1494

    Letter to Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain written

    By Christopher Columbus. It utlines his thoughts regarding Spanish colonization and activity in the New World.
  • Sep 30, 1506

    Christopher Columbus dies

    (1451-1506)
  • Sep 30, 1517

    Martin Luther brings the Protestant Reformation

  • Sep 30, 1519

    Cortez takes over Mexico

  • Sep 30, 1532

    Pizzarro takes over Inca Empire

    At Cajamarca vs. Athajalpa
  • Sep 30, 1534

    S. Martines Creeke

    Where he stayed. (Jacques Cartier) on his first contact in the North America's indigenous inhabitants. The Cape of Hope
  • Sep 30, 1540

    John White is born.

    (1540-1593) - Born in London, England. Governor of Raleigh's colony at Roanoke Island (1545-1606).
  • Sep 30, 1545

    Roanoke

    Established at this time, later in 1606 disestablished.
  • Sep 30, 1546

    Martin Luther dies.

    (1483-1546)
  • Sep 30, 1557

    Jacques Cartier dies

    French Explorer (1491-1557)
  • Sep 30, 1559

    Pesnacola, Florida founded by the Spanish

    It later went away and wasn't a premdominent settlement, bad weather, malaria, etc. Was not successful.
  • Sep 30, 1565

    St. Augustine, Florida founded by the Spanish

    Oldest European city in the US. First European settlementsin the US. (St. Augustine & Pensacola, Florida)
  • Sep 30, 1566

    Bartolme de Las Casas dies

    (1484-1566). Dies at age 81
  • Sep 30, 1574

    Samuel de Champlain was born

    Father of New France. French explorer, navigator, mapmaker.(1574 -1635) Aged 61.
    Born in Bruage, France

  • John White - The Lost Colony

    He left his colony at Ronaoke Island (whcih is now Manteo, North Carlina) in 1587 to obtain supplies for the struggling colony. Unable to return to Roanoke until 1590 due to difficulties with both the French and Spanish. He founded that little remained in his colony upon return.

  • Anne Hutchinson was born.

    (1591-1643) She was born in Alford, Lincolnshire. Daughter of Bridget Dryden and Francis Marbury.

  • John White dies

    (1540-1593) - Born in London, England. Governor of Raleigh's colony at Roanoke Island (1545-1606).

  • John Underhill is born.

    (1597-1672)

  • John Mason is born.

    (1600-1672) Army officer in England. He and John Underhll led an expedition against the Pequot's when they threatened to wipe out the English settlements on the Connecticut River.

  • William Berkeley was born.

    (1606-1676) Born in Someset, England. 30 years in power as Governor of Virginia.

  • Jamestown - Virginia Settlement

    The Virginia Company. John Smith is currenly getting Jamestown under control.

  • New France founded

    Father of New France - Samuel de Champlain. French part of Canada

  • Samuel de Champlain's Battle with the Iroquois

    He was lackin support from France, and was dependent upon th goodwill of his Indian allies. He had to aid his hosts in warfare for their support.

  • Hedrite System

    This system is established in Virginia. If you finance our own passage over, when you get to the new world in Virginia, the Virginia Company is going to give you 50 acres of land. It's a significant risk to coming over. They are doing this to get more labour into the colony. You can buy stocks, since they are a public cmpany.
    Indentured Servants: 7 years (generally) You are not a slave but you are a slave, voluntarilly.

  • First Slaves show up in Virginia

    The Indentured Servants aren't working out since they don't have enough workers for labour so they establish slaves.

  • Dutch

    Dutch show up i 1626 and buy Manhattan, they buy it for beeds, clohes, etc from Indians.

  • Samuel de Champlain dies

    Father of New France. French explorer, navigator, mapmaker.(1574 -1635) Aged 61.

  • Mason and Underhill attack the Pequot village

    They kill over 500 indians, destroying the tribe virtually. Narrangasset indians as allies. Cortes also had success in getting allies for taking over Mexico.

  • Anne Hutchinson dies.

    (1591-1643) She was born in Alford, Lincolnshire. Daughter of Bridget Dryden and Francis Marbury.

  • Nathaniel Bacon is born.

    (1647-1676) Born in Suffolk, England. American Colonial Leader in Virginia and leader of Bacon's Rebellion. Small planter.

  • Charles I beheaded

  • Charrles II (Restoration) R. 1660-1685

  • Cotton Mather was born.

    (1663-1728) Born in Boston, Massachusetts.

  • John Mason dies.

    (1600-1672) Army officer in England.

  • John Underhill dies

    (1597-1672)

  • Nathaniel Bacon's Challenge to William Berkeley and the Governor's Response

    William Berkeley was 30 years in power as Governor of Virginia. Depressed tobacco prices, rising taxes, and the Indian presence in the backcountry. These issues came to a head in July 1676 when Bacon defied the governor's authority and led a band of frontier viglantes against all the local Indians and even the governor himself.

  • William Berkeley dies.

    (1606-1676) Born in Someset, England. 30 years in power as Governor of Virginia. Dies of dysentery.

  • Nathaniel Bacon dies.

    (1647-1676) Born in Suffolk, England. American Colonial Leader in Virginia and leader of Bacon's Rebellion.

  • James II R. 1685-1688

  • Glorious Revolution William & Mary

  • Excerpt from Cotton Mather's "Memorable Providences Relating to Witchcrafts and Possessions"

    In 1689, Cotton Mather, minister of the Old North Church in Boston, published an account fo supposed witchcraft that occurred the previous year involving an Irish washerwomen named Glover. Mather's publication included a description of the signs of witchcraft. Owing in part to the minister's status and reputation, his commentary was widely circulated and discussed through Puritan New England. Samuel Parris, the Salem minister in whose house the events of 1692 were intiated, owned a copy.

  • Cotton Mather dies.

    (1663-1728) Born in Boston, Massachusetts.

  • Treaty of Madrid

    Causes huge amount of mess.

  • Movie "The Mission"

    7 Academy awards including best picture, best director.