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Brazil was “discovered” when a fleet of commanded by Portuguese diplomat Pedro Álvares Cabral, on its way to India, landed in Porto Seguro, between Salvador and Rio de Janeiro. -
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A Spanish ship carried the first enslaved Africans directly from West Africa to the Americas. Over the next two centuries the amount of people being brought to the Americas grows rapidly. -
A Spanish group that was commanded by Hernán Cortés landed in Veracruz. They made way to Tenochtitlán and had an aligence with city-states that wanted a new leader -
the first European to explore the Atlantic coast of North America between Florida and New Brunswick
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He landed on the Pacific coast of South America. During a time of division of Inca, since the king had just died and the sons were fighting over the throne. A king was eventually decided, but Pizarro captured and killed the king and took over using Spanish technology. -
a new capital at Lima was established for the Spanish empire -
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He was best known for circumnavigating Earth, voyaging on Spanish ships along the way -
English company formed for the exploitation of trade with East and Southeast Asia and India, incorporated by royal charter. -
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It was formed by the Dutch and made temporary inroads in Portuguese Brazil and the Caribbean, but was unable to maintain these gains due to lack of resources and power. The Dutch commercial empire in the Americas was absorbed by its rivals the English and the French -
Japan excludes all foreigners from the country and common people were kept inside.
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He becomes king of France at only 5 years old
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Once New France became a royal province and had it own governor, military commander soldiers. The population also grew and the colony developed. -
It was established by the English and started as a fur trading bussiness
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He succeeds the throne in Britain and introduces pro-catholic policies
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Parliament makes it the condition of which William III and Mary II are crowned
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