Age of Exploration Social Studies 7 2015

By lcj2003
  • 500

    Middle Ages Starts

    The Fall of the Roman Empire/Start of the Middle Ages
  • Period: 500 to Jan 1, 1350

    Middle Ages

    Beginning:
    Fall of the Roman Empire
  • Jan 1, 1001

    Leif Erikson

    Vikings led by Leif Erikson reach Nothe America and are the first to encounter the New World.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1095 to Jan 1, 1300

    The Crusades

    Beginning: The Crusades, a series of wars fought to gain control of the Holy Landfrom the Seljuk Turks (muslims), start in the Middle East.
    Results of Crusades:
    - Europeans learn to build better sailboats
    - People develop a taste for new foods and items (foods, silks, spices)
    - More awareness of the rest of the world
    - Increased trade
    - A sense of other cultures
  • Jan 1, 1271

    Marco Polo

    Marco Polo returns from China.
  • Jan 1, 1350

    Middle Ages End

  • Jan 1, 1450

    Renaissance Begins

  • Period: Jan 1, 1487 to Jan 1, 1488

    Bartolemeo Dias

    Bartolemeo Dias sails for Portugal around the tip of Africa and finds the Cape of Good Hope. He never makes it to India
  • Aug 3, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus was the first European to have a lasting impact on the hemispheres. He founded Hispaniola and started the Columbian Exchange, in which Europe traded goods such as sugar and pig for corn (maize) and squash. He was sponsored by Queen Isabelle and King Ferdinand, and was very harsh to Native Americans there. He lied to Spain, saying there was plenty of gold, even though there wasn't that much of it. In the end, he was labeled a traitor.
  • Jan 1, 1494

    Treaty of Tordasillas/Line of Demarcation

    The Pope had Spain and Portugal sign an agreement that Spain could settle to the West of the Line of Demarcation in South America, and Portugal could settle to the East.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1497 to Jan 1, 1499

    Vasco Da Gama

    Vasco Da Gama explored a way of getting to India by sailing around the Cape of Good Hope. He was the explorer to make it to India.
  • Jan 1, 1510

    Antón Montcino

    Antón Montcino spoke out against the harsh treatment of Native Americans, saying that they had they had lived in peace before the Spanish arrived.
  • Jan 1, 1519

    Hernando Cortes

    Hernando Cortes was a Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs in Mexico. He allied with the enemies of the Aztecs, and assainated Montezuma, the Emperor of the Aztecs. He had only 400 soldiers and 16 horses.
  • Jan 1, 1531

    Francisco Pizarro

    Fransico Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador. He conquered the Incas in Peru. The Incas were in the midst of a civil war, allowing Pizarro to launch a surprise attack and kill Sapa Inca, The ruler of Peru. He had only 200 men. Because of the agreement the conquistadors had made with Spain (Spain would get one fifth of everything the conquistadors gained in exchange for the conquistadors setting up outposts in the New World), both Spain and the conquistadors became rich.