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Period: Jan 31, 1350 to
Chapter 19-20
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Mar 4, 1394
Prince Henry of Portugal is Born
Prince Henry would eventually grow up to start the school of navigation. Sailors and navigators would come into this school, looking and eventually find their way to India by going around Africa. -
Period: Jan 10, 1400 to
Chapter 17
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Mar 23, 1402
Yonglo becomes Ming Emperor
Opened up the Grand Canal of China, allowing goods to be traded throughout the Ming Empire much easier. -
Jan 18, 1405
Zeng He captains his first voyage
This was the start of the showing of the power of the Ming Dynasty at the time. It also allowed the chinese to go and taking over in a way different ports throughout the eastern world. -
Sep 11, 1408
Donatello creates his David statue
When the statute was created, it created a symbol of strength for the city of Florence. -
Apr 12, 1440
Johan Gutenburg invents the Printing Press
With the creation of the printing press, even though it could not create a single page faster, it could create copies of that same page faster when it came to making books. As more books were being made, many people were able to get these books, helping more people the chance to learn how to read. -
Mar 9, 1453
The Hundreds Years' War Ends
It marked the end of Feudalism, and created a new sense of Nationalism. Both people from France and England, now do not fight for their kings, but for their countries. -
May 29, 1453
Fall of Constantinople to the Turks
When Constantinople fell to the Turks, it marked the end of the Roman Empire. -
May 30, 1488
Bartolomeu Dias reaches Cape of Good Hope
Reaching the Cape of Good Hope gave sailors a positive aspect on reaching India. They now know that you can get around Africa. -
Jul 13, 1492
Ferdinand & Isabella end war with Muslims
Ending the war with the Muslims finally gave Ferdinand and Isabella the money needed to support Christopher Columbus on his voyages to 'India', which he will find that he actually lands in the Americas. -
Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus spots land in North America
Christopher Columbus at first though that he had finally spotted land in India, but instead, right before his crew took over and threw him out, he spotted land in a 'New World', which will later begin exporation for many other explorers. -
Jun 7, 1494
Spain & Portugal agree to Treaty of Tordesillas
Stop the fighting over the lands in the New World, it allowed Portugal to claim land in South America, having a cultural impact on that area from then until now because almost all South American countries speak Spanish, but Brazil still mainly speaks Portuguese. -
Oct 17, 1498
Vasco de Gama lands in India
Landing in India created a sailing route back and forth from there back to England. This took away the middle man from trading, also making it easier to carry more goods from one place to another. -
Jun 15, 1503
Leonardo DaVinci starts the Mona Lisa
It was the beginning to the 16 year process of creating one of DaVinci's most famous masterpieces. This painting eventually gains worldwide popularity. -
Feb 6, 1507
Amerigo Vespucci charts New World
Created a better representation of the world, even though it wasn't 100% accurate of what the New World looked like, it showed there was a land mass between England and India doing west. -
Jul 9, 1508
Michelangelo paints the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Michaelangelo faced many challenges with creating this painting, especially having to paint a masterpiece like this one upside down. -
Oct 8, 1509
Raphael paints School of Athens
The painting was the showing of the High Renessaince and Philosophy. -
May 10, 1513
Machiavelli writes The Prince
This book shows the importance of a person's skill during his time. It shows people how to use their talents the right way so they can get and/or keep their position in power. -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther posts his 95 Thesis
The 95 Thesis helped people realize different problems within the Catholic Church at that time, such as the selling of indulgences. The document helped begin the Protestant Reformation. -
Mar 30, 1518
Nicolaus Copernicus begins studying planetary movement
Lead to the discovery that the Sun was the middle of the universe. Makes it easier to study planetary movement and activity in space today. -
Feb 3, 1519
Hernando Cortes lands on Mexican coast
Starts the colonization for Spain, and will later lead to the fall of the Aztec Empire. -
Period: Mar 6, 1520 to
Chapter 21
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Sep 20, 1522
First slave revolts in Hispaniola
It showed that the slaves did have the power to revolt even if it was in a small way, they were not completely powerless. It also eventually helped lead to the independence of Haiti. -
Nov 16, 1532
Francisco Pizzaro meets Atahualpa
When Pizarro went to let Atahualpa look at the Bible, hoping he would accept their God, Atahualpa threw the Bible on the ground, upsetting Pizarro, causing him to dominate Atahualpa and his men, taking them over and eventually holding him for ransom and then killing him. -
Mar 10, 1533
Ivan IV came to power
Ivan ruled by terror. He was very paranoid and killed everybody that he thought was against him, even going to the point of killing his brother. -
Aug 15, 1534
Jacques Cartier claims land in Canada
He founded the St. Lawrence River, as well as Montreal, or Mt. Royal at the time. -
May 19, 1536
Anne Boleyn is executed
When King Henry VIII executed Anne Boleyn, it really showed how far he would go to allow himself another shot at having a son with a woman. -
Oct 12, 1537
Edward VI is born
Edward is King Henry VIII's first son, so now he has a successor to the throne. -
Apr 19, 1541
Ignatius of Loyola founds the Jesuit order
The Jesuits would go out and teach people, bringing back a lot of the Protestants to Christianity. -
Oct 1, 1553
Mary I becomes Queen
After much of Englang were getting used to the Protestant religion, Mary I tried to force everyone back to Catholicism, which involved the persecution of many people. -
Mar 6, 1558
Spain was defeated in the Battle in the English Channel
When the Spanish lost the battle, it took the from being the top power in the world at the time and created a 'race' with the other countries to take over this top spot. -
Nov 17, 1558
Elizabeth I becomes Queen
The persection of people stops for the most part, and Elizabeth focuses on strengthening the Angelican Church. -
Mar 6, 1580
Phillip II becomes king
Phillip II was a shy but serious ruler and was also very religious. He gained lots of wealth from the empire, and also helped Spain in different wars. -
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Chapter 22
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English East India Company is founded
Not only began trading with India, but also took part in colonizing the sub-continent. -
Dutch East India Company is Founded
Began European trade with the East and the British. They started to see the value of trade with those in the east. -
Don Quixote de la Mancha
When this book was writting and published, it was considered to be the birth of the modern European novel. -
Henry Hudson is last seen
His crew took over, still believing to find a passage through North America to India, they continued looking and hoping to make it through without Henry, who had already made so many important discoveries. -
William Shakespeare dies
During Shakespeare's life, he become one of the best play writers of all time. Even after his death, all of his plays continued to grow in popularity, still being famous today. -
Thirty Years' War
This war ended up weakening Spain, Austria, and the Holy Roman Empire, but it caused France to become stronger. All of the states now called eachother equal. -
Cardinal Richelieu becomes leader in France
Cardinal Richelieu was a focused and ruthless leader. He wanted to make France very powerful, focusing mostly on making the government more powerful, by taking many different steps. Some of these steps included making the Huguenots vunerable, making the nobles weak, and finally by fighting the Hapsburgs. -
Charles I becomes king
Charles always needed money, and when Parliament refused to give him funds, he would dissolve it. Eventually, Charles would sign the Petition of Right, setting the idea that the law was higher than the king. -
Rene Descartes lays out his scientific method in Discourse on Method
When solving problems with different technologies or other things, even the smartest of scientists use the scientific method to go about figuring different things out. -
Louis XIV takes control of the government
Finally taking over at the age of 23, Louis XIV would become the most powerful king that France has ever had, but because he was known for spending France's wealth on himself, and because he repressed many people, the French citizens celebrated when he died in 1715. -
Oliver Cromwell becomes king
Cromwell would try to create a republican form of government, but it would eventually turn into a military dictatorship. -
New Netherlands becomes New York
Britain's land claims were now connected to each other, allowing easier trade and communication between all colonies. -
La Salle claims Mississippi River for Spain
Claiming the Mississippi River, gives you all the land that touches it. When La Salle claimed it, he ended up claiming almost half of the now 'United States'. -
Isaac Newton published his laws of gravity in Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
Created a question that is still controversal with many different religions, which is questioning whether or not God was/is necessary as an active force within the universe. -
Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution came from the overthrowing of James II. From this, a constitutional monarchy would be created, which would allow Parliament to later draft a Bill of Rights, which are a basis for lots of things involving the US government today. -
Peter The Great goes on The Great Embassy
After becoming the sole czar, Peter worked to reform Russia, and to do this, he had to get it away from the feudalistic system, followed by creating the goal of westernization. In order to get an idea of what the west is doing, he went on this Great Embassy, which was tough being 6' 4" tall. -
War of the Spanish Succession
This was a very costly war, but would end up coming to the signing of the Treaty of Utrecht, which allowed Phillip to have control of Spain as long as it stays separate from France. -
St. Petersburg becomes capital
Finally gave Russia a western seaport to trade with Western Europe. -
Voltaire is exiled to England
Because he was exiled, Voltaire became a firm believer in freedom of thought and expression. With of the impact of his thoughts, those ideas were put into our current Bill of Rights. -
War of Austrian Succession (with Maria Theresa)
Frederick II thought he could easily take over Austria because Maria Theresa, a girl, was in power. Maria Theresa would actually go into the battlefield. She would eventually lose Silesia at the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. -
Frederick the Great begins his reign in Prussia
Frederick pushed to enlighten his people and to reform Prussia. He is an example, especially to leaders in America today to work to make their country better, throughout a lot of the country's struggles. -
Anders Celsius creates his scale for measuring temperature
Outside of the United States, almost all of the world uses this scale to measure temperature. -
Baron von Montesquieu purposed separation of power in On the Spirit of Laws
This separation of power is used within the governement/judicial system in today's times. This system doesn't let one specific group or branch gain too much power. -
Seven Years' War begins
Forced Britain to put a lot of money into this war to keep the Ohio River Valley and the fur trade. This war put Britain into huge debt. -
Mary Wollstonecraft is born
Mary would grow up to be one of the first women ever to fight for the rights that women should have, giving women later in history courage to get the same freedoms that the men today have. Women now can do absolutely everything that each and every other person can do in America. -
End of the Seven Years' War (Treaty of Paris)
With the end of this war, France lost its colonies in North America, and Britain gained sole economic domination of India. -
Cesare Baccaria writes against torture in On Crimes and Punishment
This allowed fairness with the punishments given to people. Doesn't allow someone to be punished severely for something small, but also keeps the punishment for those who did something terrible at the level that it should be. -
Denis Diderot publishes the first volumes of his Encyclopedia
The Encyclopedia helped spread Enlightment ideas to people throughout Europe. These ideas included things about government which America uses today and also many ideas on different technologies which we use today. It also helped spread confidence in a future, allowing people to venture, creating a better place -
Boston Tea Party
This event describes how Americans are today, it showed that people then weren't afraid to speak out for what they felt was right, and the same goes for people today. People want freedom, whether it be politically, religiously, etc., and they aren't afraid to go to great lengths to get it or at least let their voices be heard. -
British Army and American Militia exchange fire at Lexington, Massachusetts
When these groups exchanged fire, it was the start of the Revolutionary War, which would lead to America gaining its freedom, which we still have today. -
Declaration of Independence
The signing of this document gave freedom to America, allowing it to become its own country. We still have this freedom today. -
Joseph II abolishes serfdom in Austria
Gave an example for today's world, showing that everyone should get paid for their work all the work that they do. -
Delegates at the Constitution Convention sign the Constitution
The Constitution was and still is today the basis to our government. Everything that happens today within the government system is centralized around this document.
