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Period: 38,000 BCE to 10,000 BCE
Bering Land Bridge - Paleo-Indians Cross into North America
Paleo-Indians crossed into Alaska from Asia via the Bering Land Bridge. The Bering Land Bridge was exposed when ocean levels dropped during the Ice Age. -
8000 BCE
Bering Strait-Ice Age Ends
The Ice Age ends and sea levels rise. Because of that, the Bering Land Bridge is covered up, and the Atlantic closes once again. -
Period: 5000 BCE to
Earth-The World Before the Opening of the Atlantic
Mesoamerica: 1200BC-1532BC
Africa: 300AD-1500AD
Native Americans: 5000BC-1700AD
Europe: 509BC-1436AD -
750
North America-Anasazi Build Pueblos
The Anasazi began building pueblos, which were houses made of adobe. Some were gigantic and could hold 1000 people. -
1000
North America-Vikings Reach North America
Leif Ericsson, the son of Eric the Red, was going to Greenland when his ship got blown off course. He landed in present-day Canada. The Vikings left after a few years, since the Native Americans attacked them often. -
1271
Silk Road-Marco Polo's Journey
Marco Polo traveled along the Silk Road to China. He was an Italian trader and traveler. He stayed in Asia for around 20 years and returned with stories of spices and other goods. -
1324
Mali-Mansa Musa's Hajj
Mansa Musa went on a famous hajj to Mecca, and showed off his fabulous wealth. He gave away so much gold he caused gold to be considered almost common wherever he went. This caused their economies to inflate. -
Period: 1400 to
North America-Age of European Exploration
During this time period, the race to the New World really began. It started with Henry the Navigator and his navigation school, and from there, sailors began to make their way to the New World. Some stumbled upon it while trying to get to Asia, such as Columbus. The Spanish, the Dutch, the Swedish, the British, and the French all made their way to the New World during this time. -
Oct 12, 1492
North America-Columbus Reaches North America
Christopher Columbus and his three ships, the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria reach the shores of an island in the Bahamas which he named San Salvador. -
1498
India-De Gama Reaches Asia
Vasco de Gama finds a sea route to Asia by rounding the Horn of Africa and reaches India. When he got there, he was surprised by the fact that the Muslim traders there could speak Portuguese. -
1517
Germany-Martin Luther Criticizes the Church
Martin Luther writes the 95 Theses, claiming the church was too wealthy and had abused their power. This sparked the Protestant Reformation, and quickly spread across Europe. Protestants believed that God wanted religion to be simple. -
1519
Aztec Empire-Cortes Defeats the Aztecs
Hernan Cortes, a conquistador, manages to conquer the Aztec Empire with the help of his superior tools, and a Native woman named Malintzin. The Aztecs thought he was a god, but then he killed their leader, Moctezuma, and many of their men. Later, disease killed off the rest of the people. -
1520
Africa-African Diaspora Begins
The African Diaspora was the result of the slave trade. About 12 million Africans were sent across the Atlantic and sent all over the New World as slaves. Diaspora means when people of a culture are scattered everywhere. -
1522
Spain-Magellan's Circumnavigation
Ferdinand Magellan's crew finally complete their circumnavigation of the world, but without Magellan. He had died in the Philippines and only 18 of his original crew and one ship survived. Nevertheless, they had made it all the way around the world! -
1534
Inca Empire-Pizarro Conquers the Inca
Francisco Pizarro, a conquistador, defeats the Inca Empire with his superior weapons and armor. He had less than 400 men, but still captured the Inca capital city of Cuzco and slaughtered their leaders. -
England-Raleigh's Charter
Sir Walter Raleigh gets granted a charter to start a permanent English settlement in North America. He sent an expedition that started the Virginian colony. -
English Channel-Defeat of the Spanish Armada
The Spanish Armada was defeated in an epic battle by the English fleet. They had planned to attack England because the English pirates had been raiding their treasure ships. The Armada had 130 ships, and around 27,000 sailors. The English fleet was small, but faster. Combined with Spain's economic problems, the defeat of the Spanish Armada caused other countries to start challenging Spain overseas. -
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America-English Colonies
The English colonies of North America were: Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Maine, Delaware, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. They ended when the Declaration of Independence was signed. -
America-Jamestown's Beginning
Jamestown was the first permanent British colony in North America. It was located in Virginia, and was settled by people from the London Company, which was a joint-stock company. John Smith was one of their best-known leaders, and the Powhatan Indians helped them to begin their life there. -
England-The Mayflower Departs
The Mayflower left England with 100+ people. Contrary to popular belief, not all of them were Pilgrims, but Pilgrim leaders were on the boat. They sailed for two months and made their own colony. -
Maryland-Toleration Act of 1649
The act was passed to calm tensions between Protestant and Catholics. It made the restriction of Christians' religious rights illegal. It became the first religious tolerance law in the colonies, and showed that the government wanted to give people freedom of religion. -
New England-King Philip’s War
King Philip was a Wampanoag leader tried to stop the colonists from stealing his people’s land. The colonial soldiers fought American Indian soldiers. In the end, 600 colonists and 3000 Indians died. -
Jamestown-Bacon's Rebellion
Nathaniel Bacon was the leader of a group of ex-indentured servants that attacked a group of Native Americans, because they opposed the idea of trade with them. They attacked and burned Jamestown, and Bacon was in control for a while, until he died. -
America-William Penn’s Colony
He wanted to make a safe place for Quakers and King Charles II have him a charter. He named his colony Pennsylvania and was a model colony of representative self-government. The capital was Philadelphia, which means “city of brotherly love”. -
England-English Bill of Rights
Parliament replaced King James who was super unpopular. They passed this law so that it reduced the power and influence of the monarchy. This made Parliament gain power. -
New England-Salem Witch Trials
This was one of the worst community conflicts in the New England colonies. A group of Salemers accused a group of girls of working witchcraft over them, and even made a special court just for judging the . They pressured them to confess and it ended with 19 people being executed. -
America-Sugar Act
Parliament passes it to tax sugar and molasses that are imported by the colonists themselves. It was the first law to specifically raise money from the colonists. -
America-Stamp Act
This was the first attempt by Parliament to tax the colonists directly, instead of through goods they imported. It required the colonists to buy an official stamp whenever they bought paper items. The colonists were furious but whoever refused to pay could be fined or even sent to jail. -
Boston-The Boston Massacre
It all started when a British soldier got into a fight with a colonist and punched him. A crowd gathered around with colonists and other soldiers. The colonists goaded the soldiers and so they shot three people. One of victims was Crispus Attucks. People were furious about this incident. -
Boston-The Boston Tea Party
Parliament repealed almost all of the Townshend Acts to keep the peace within the colonies, but kept taxing the colonists’ tea. Parliament started allowing the British East India Company to sell tea to the colonists directly, in the hopes that it would discourage smugglers, since the BEIC had cheaper prices. The colonists refused to let the tea ships unload their cargo, and in the middle of the night, a group of them dressed as Native Americans threw 340 boxes of tea into the harbor. -
Modern Day Connection-Dalat-Gutenberg's Printing Press
Without Gutenberg's printing press, then we at Dalat would not have access to books. The printing press improved education, because it allowed information to become widespread and accessible. It also influenced people to start reading, so it affected our modern day society a lot, through schools, libraries, and even reading the instructions on how-to manuals. -
Modern Day Connection-Protestant Christianity
Without the Protestant Reformation, Dalat would not be a Christian school today. It is because of the Protestant Reformation that Protestant Christians are split from the Catholic Church. If they had not split, Dalat might have become a Catholic school, or a school with no religious leanings. -
Modern Day Connection-American Cities and Trade
Because cities like New York were centers of trade, nowadays, they are still bustling centers of commerce. Places like Philadelphia and New York exported goods, and so they are still well-known, large cities. Trading made cities prosperous, even today.