1492-1750, social and economic transformations in the Atlantic world

By Paigetesnow
  • Period: Jan 1, 1450 to

    The Columbian Exchange

    The Columbian Exchange was the widespread transfer of animals, plants, culture, human populations, communicable diseases, technology and ideas between the American and Afro-Eurasian hemispheres in the 15th and 16th centuries
  • Period: Apr 29, 1492 to

    European values imposed on Americas

  • Aug 3, 1492

    Christopher Columbus sets foot in America

  • Period: Aug 3, 1492 to

    Change and continuity that occured in the Atlantic world

  • Dec 1, 1497

    Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama is the first European to round the Cape of Good Hope

    Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama is the first European to round the Cape of Good Hope
  • Mar 19, 1499

    Repartimiento System

  • Mar 16, 1500

    Transatlantic Slave Trade

  • Jan 1, 1501

    First African Slaves to the Americas

  • Feb 2, 1519

    Cortez conqures Aztec

  • Jul 3, 1535

    Spanish Encomienda System

  • Period: to

    Gunpowder Empires

  • Triangle Trade

  • East African Trade Slave

  • Brazilian Gold Rush

  • Merchantilism

  • Social Stratification