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Nov 3, 1215
Magna Carta
This was a document that limited the power of the king.Magna Carta meaning "Great Charter."This was important because it gave power to the people. -
Nov 3, 1300
Renaissance
This was the rebirth of new thinking, new ideas, arts, and culture. If it weren't for this time in period we probably wouldn't have ever known there were still places out there. We would probably think it was just Asia, Africa, and Europe. -
Nov 3, 1492
Columbus
When everyone noticed he had found a new world, everyone wanted to do the same. Most countries wanted to gain more land to have more power. -
Nov 4, 1500
Columbian Exchange
The voyages of Columbus triggered a great transfer of people, plants, animals, and disease back and forth across the Atlantic Ocean.This transfer still continues today. -
Nov 4, 1500
Growth of Mercantilism
The more money and land you have the more power you have. -
Nov 4, 1513
Arrival of Conquistadors
Spanish soldier-explorers espcially those who conquered the native peoples of Mexico and Peru. -
Nov 4, 1540
Arrival of Missionaries
People who traveled to a territory or community in order to make converts to their religion. -
Intoduction of Slavery
The Africans were inslaved in the americas. They were used to raise crops, take the place of the natives that had died,and to become indentured survants. -
Middle Passage
This passage was an Atlantic slave trade.This was their worst moment because they were chained up and they had to do their droppings where they were seated. -
Jamestown settled
Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in the colonies.When the europeians arrived the were attached by native americans. -
Indentured Servants begin arriving
A person who sighned an indenture, or an agreement to work for a master for a period of years. Indentured servants were not free until they completed their term of survice. -
House of Burgesses
This law was passed by the vigina legislater making African workers slaves for life. -
Puritans and Pilgrims Arrive
These people came to the america's to bring back religious faith. -
Mayflower Compact
A document that desdribed the way they would govern themselfs in the New World -
Development of Assemblies and Democracy
Democracy- A government in which the people rule.
Assembly- An elected group of lawmakers. -
Rise of tabacco and other cash crops
Crops such as tobacco, sugar, and cotton raised in large quantitlies in order to be sold for profit.These crops were located in the southern region. -
Fundamental Orders
This was written with help of poritan clergyman Thomas Hooker. The Fundamental Orders was the first written plan of gov't for any of the colonies. Written in conn. Guarenteed right to vote to puritan men. -
Parliament
This was a lawmaking body of England, similar to congress in the United States. This is important because the people have the power to choose their laws. -
Great Awakening
People were loosing their religious faith, and this is the day when their religious faith came back into their hearts and souls. -
Arrival of Early Americans
They crossed the Bering Strait searching for new resources.They travled from Asia to the America's.
