Chapter 8 Review

By M_grzywacz1
  • May 4, 1492

    Columbus discovers the New World

  • Pope Alexander VI issued Inter Caetera
    May 4, 1493

    Pope Alexander VI issued Inter Caetera

  • Diocese of Santo Domingo established
    May 4, 1504

    Diocese of Santo Domingo established

    First diocese of the New World
  • May 4, 1513

    Ponce de Leon finds the Fountain of Youth

    Beginning of a mission in Florida at St, Augustine
  • May 4, 1534

    Explorers arrive in Canada

  • May 4, 1542

    Spanish explorers reach California

    Lots of missions were built here
  • Period: May 1, 1552 to

    Early missionaries attempted to blend the cultures of the Far East with Catholicism

  • The Act of Toleration was created

    This law gave freedom of religion in Maryland

  • Kateri Tekakwiha was born

    She would go on to be the first Native American to be baptized
  • Period: to

    Period of Catholic growth

    The number of Catholics in the USA went from 30k to 200k
  • Period: to

    One million people will join the Catholic faith

  • Pope Gregory XVI comended the slave trade

  • Great fire in Chicago

  • Pope Pius IX gave permission to make a new order of priests

    The Paulist were created

  • JFK was elected

  • The first Native American slave becomes a saint

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