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10,000 BCE
North America, Paleo Indians cross the Bering Land Bridge
Cp1:The Paleo Indians,who were hunter gatherers,crossed this bridge into Alaska following herds of animals -
Period: 1200 BCE to 400 BCE
Mesoamerica,The Olmec develops the earliest known civilization in Mesoamerica
Cp1:They are known for building the first pyramids in America, and were known for their use of stone architecture and sculpture -
1000
Europe, The Crusades begin
cp1:wars between Christians and Muslim West Africans starts in the late 1000s. This all started when the turks captured Palestine, the holy land and demanded to get their land back -
1300
West Africa, Mansa Musa conqueres the Songhai empire and Mali declines
Cp1: As the Songhai empire grew in strength, the Mali empire weakens. Taking advantage of Mali's decline, the Songhai regained their independence and conquered most of Mali -
1400
Portugal/India, Portuguese explorers race to find the sea route to Asia
Cp2: Vasco da Gama was the first to find the sea route to Asia. He arrived on southwestern India in 1498. -
1492
Christopher Columbus finds America
Cp2: He was finding a new sea route to Asia when he has found new land. He was thinking he had landed in Asia, but he had landed in the Bahamas. He collected gold, exotic plants, and animals. He didn't know he landed in America until he died. -
1500
North American Southwest, the people who lived there started growing maize like the Mesoamerican
Cp1: One of the earliest farm cultures there was the Anasazi. They lived in the Four Corners region, where present day Arizona,Colorado, New Mexico,and Utah meet. -
1510
Spain,Spanish government legalized the sale of slaves in colonies
cp2:more than one million enslaved Africans were brought to the Spanish and Portuguese colonies over the next century.The Dutch and English then became active in the slave trade as well.Slaves were packed in cargo ships through the middle passage. -
1517
Rome,Martin Luther criticized the Roman Catholic Church
Cp2: this act was known as the Protestant Reformation.Conflicts between Catholics and Protestants often took place in Europe,mostly leading to civil wars. -
1519
Conquistadors sail to present day Mexico
cp:2 Hernan Cortez leaves cuba to sail to present day Mexico.Moctezuma,who ruled the Aztec empire was in height in the early 1500s.Hearing about the empire, Herman Cortez went there and took Moctezuma as a prisoner and took controll of the capital, Tenochtitlan. Eventually, Tenochtitlan was destroyed and Moctezuma was killed. -
Period: 1520 to
About 12million africans were shipped across the Atlantic and lead to the African diaspora
Cp2: the African diaspora is the scattering of slaves across the new world. Slaves were first legalized in 1510 -
North America,the Mayflower compact was signed
cp3:the Mayflower compact was a legal contract where they agree to have fair laws. This represents one of the first attempts as self government English colonies.This was made by the pilgrims -
The toleration act of 1649 was the first law supporting religious tolerance in the English colonies
cp3:when religious conflicts between catholics and protestants arose,Lord Baltimore presented a bill to the colonial assembly which was known as the Toleration act of 1649. This did not end all religious conflicts, but the government did offer some religious freedom to minority groups -
William Penn starts a new colony, Pennsylvania
cp3:Pennsylvania is a colony in the west of New Jersey.Wiliam Penn's work made Pennsylvania an important example of representative self-government -
Nothern colonies were united as one government
Cp3:when James II became king of England, he thought that the colonies were too independent,so he united the Nothern colonies under one government called the Dominion of New England -
The first colonial boycott started
cp3:The boycott was a popukar method of protest, and it started from New York and eventually spread to other colonies. Colonists hoped that their efforts would hurt the British economy and might convince the parliament to end new taxes. -
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Prime Minister Grenville proposed the stamp act
cp3:The stamp act was a way for British governments to tax American colonies. The act required colonists to pay for a seal or a stamp when they brought in paper items.However, this tax sparked protest almost immediately, and businesses ignored this law and refused to buy stamps.The stamp act was repealed in 1766. -
Modern day event: slavery continued from the 19th centry until now
cp2: modern day slavery still happens today. infact,slaves are on every street and are forced to work in harsh conditions just like how the native african slaves did. -
Modern day event: mice carrying diseases and fleas kill people today similarly to the black death
Cp1:In 2013, a plague broke out in Madagascar killing 32 people out of suspected 84 that were affected. They were killed by mice with diseases and fleas just like how people died in the black death. -
modern day event: the Enlightenment was an important factor that shaped society today
most Enlightenment thinkers questioned about social justification and equal rights. Politicians similarly do today. The ideas from the Enlightenment shaped our society and the growth of our civilization