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Chapter 1 Timeline

  • America first inhabited
    Jan 1, 1000

    America first inhabited

    About 15,000-40,000 years ago, the first Native Americans migrated from Asia across the Bering Strait land bridge.
  • Portuguese exploration of Africa and Asia
    Feb 1, 1487

    Portuguese exploration of Africa and Asia

    Bartolomeu Dias traveled around the souther tip of Africa from 1487 to 1488.. Vasco da Gamma reached India in 1498, which earned him a very high trade.
  • Columbus Exploration
    Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus Exploration

    Actually thinking he was in the Indies, Columbus called the Native Americans Indians. He forced Christianity upon them. Columbus started trade route between the Americas and the Europe-Columbian Exchange.
  • The Columbian Exchange
    Oct 13, 1500

    The Columbian Exchange

    The Columbian Exchange was the exchange of ideas, culture, diesease, animals, and people between Europe, Africa, and the Americas. This also opened the flood gates for bringing slave labor to the Americas.
  • Conquistadors Conquest
    Aug 12, 1521

    Conquistadors Conquest

    The Conquistadors were: Cortez, Ponce de Leon, Coronado. Conquistadors were Spanish invaders.