1492-1700 Timeline

By dtan119
  • Period: Jan 1, 1492 to

    1492-1700 Social studies timeline

  • Aug 3, 1492

    Christopher Columbus sets sail

    Christopher columbas sets sail, with the intention of finding a new trade route to asia.
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Christopher Columbus lands in North America

    Christopher lands in North America and thinks he landed in India
  • Jun 16, 1497

    John Cabot finds fish off the coast of Newfoundland

    Exact date is unknown but John Cabot found a plentifukl amount of fish which resulted in a massive amount of intrest from Europe.
  • Feb 16, 1534

    Jacques Cartier travels to the gulf of saint Lawrence.

  • May 17, 1535

    Cartier travels to the gulf of St. Lawrence for the second time

  • Feb 17, 1541

    Cartier travels to the gulf of St. Lawrence for the third time

  • Champlain establishes colony at port-royal

    Month and date is unknown

  • Champlain establishes colony called Quebec

  • Champlain makes a trading alliance with the wendat

  • French colony is attacked by the english; Champlain is taken prisoner

    Date not known exactly

  • Jesuits built missions, with self sufficient community among the Hurons.

    The jesuits came and built several missions, but had unintended consequences, as they converted the wendat people's, resulting in a split between the believers and non believers. This made them weaker, and they got defeated by the haudenosaunee. This resulted in less trading and a valuable ally gone.

  • 800 women come to the french colony

    The french king helped grow the population, realizing the lack of women in the new colony. The king would pay women who were willing to come to the colony their dowries, and many poor women and orphans came to the colony. Most of them married the king’s soldiers and started large families. PS: The date may be incorrect

  • Frontenec defends the french colony