Apush Unit 1

First Migrans from Northeast Asia to the AMericas

23,000 BCE

Horticulture develops

Period: 8000 BCE to 2000 BCE

The Maya settle into the vast region southeast of present-day mexico city

Period: 900 BCE to 300

the Pueblo people build masonry homes cut into cliffs

750

Complex irrigation systems increased food production and led to the diversification of native societies throughout the Western Hemisphere

800

Christians begin reconquering Spain

1200

The Aztecs build Tenochtitlan

1325

The Portuguese Prince Henry launched explorations of the African coast

1420

The Portuguese developed navigating ships known as caravls

Marriage of Isabella and ferdinand

1469

Signified the Unification of Christian Spain

Spanish inquisition

1478

The Portuguese build Elmina Castle, a trading post and fort on the Gold COast, in present-day Ghana

1482

Columbus proposes seeking a new path across the Atlantic to Japan, China, or India

1492

As a result of the Columbian exchange, Western Europe experiences a globally unprecedented period of sustained growth as a result of taking wealth from the Americas

1500

Americas become home to developed societies.

1500

Portuguese traders use their new African route to participate in the Indian Ocean trade

1500

They Brought Asian goods to Europe and became leaders in international trade

Columbus introduces the encomienda system to the Caribbean

1504

Columbus' death

1506

Ferdinand and Isabella issue the Requerimiento

1513

The Pope granted Spanish Monarchs the authority to claim lands in the Americas. And if anyone resisted, they forfeited the protection of the crown and could be enslaved or killed.

Francisco Pizarro conquers the Incan Empire

1524

Spanish King Charles gathered a group of theologians, jurists, and philosophers to discuss the ethics of conquest

1550

Introduction of the Mission System

1573