late 1400's to late 1600's

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  • Jan 1, 1201

    inca Empire.

    largest empire in pre-colombian america. injuly 1529 the queen of spain allowed pizarro to conquer the incas. the empire was weakend in 1532 due to the incan civil war, small pox and spanish conquering. concuere in 1572. diseases killed 94%
  • Jan 1, 1428

    Aztec empire-

    hieght, controlled most of central mexico
  • Jan 1, 1450

    John Cabot.

    explored the canadian coastline and named many of it sislands and capes. in 1497 discovered parts of north america under the commision of henry vii. first european encounter with the mainland of north america since the vikings. first to search
  • Jan 1, 1451

    christophher colombus. descovered america. first to create extended interest in the americas(brought back native americans). made it centerpiece of colonization efforts by first the spanish, then the french. first island he landed on was Hispanola. native

  • Jan 1, 1454

    amerigo vespucci. reputation came largley from a letter he wrote that was published under the title mondus Novius(new york). the letter established him as a famous explorer. after his eath scholras began to doubt his claims of descovery. he clamied to cap

  • Dec 14, 1476

    fransisco Pizarro. concquered peru with his brthers in 1532. joined vasco huntez to help him discover the pacific ocean. explored panama and became major in 1513. began war with settelrs in peru, won, then assassinated

  • Jan 1, 1484

    Bartolme de las casas. 16th century historian, social reformer and dominican friar. he became the first resident Bishop of Chiapas. first offically appointed " protector of the indians"

  • Jan 1, 1485

    Giovanni da verrazano. french explorer that sailed around the new york area(1524)

  • Jan 1, 1496

    Hernando de soto. led the first european expodition deep into the territory of the modern day united states. first documented to cross the mississippi river. first european to explore florida and southeastern u.s. helped defeat the inca empire in the new

  • Jan 1, 1503

    Encominenda system. social/political and economic system that established control in the americas. spain initiated it. 1st encomienda was handed out by christopher columbus

  • Jan 1, 1510

    fransis vasquez coronado. spanish conquistador hoped to conquer the mythical seven cities of gold. govenor of the kingdom of nueva galicia. coronado killed many indians on his expedition. sinsce he found no treaures, his expedition was branded as a failur

  • Jan 1, 1522

    ferdinand magellan. first european to cross the pacific ocean. circumnavigated the world in 1522. set out 5 vessels crossing the atlantic and navigate through the strait which is now called the strait of Magellan. goal of trip was to find spices to pay fo

  • Jan 1, 1536

    Hernan Cortez, a spanish conquistador who conquered what is now sentral and southern mexico. led to 300 years of spanish contorl over mexico. conquesred to Aztec empire (1519-1521). descovered the peninsula of california

  • Jan 1, 1540

    Sir Fransis Drake. and english sea capitan, pirate, navigator slaver and politician of the elizibethan era. participated in some of the earliest english slaving voyages to africa and earned a reputation. he became the first englishman to circum navigate t

  • Jan 1, 1554

    Sir Walter Raleigh. well known for popularizing tobacco in england. explored from north carolina to present day florida. naming region virgina in honor of elizebeth, the virgin queen. took part in victory over spanish armada in 1588. james I feared Raleig

  • Dec 14, 1565

    henry Hudson. english sea explorer and navigator. made two attempts on behalf of the english merchants to find a prospective northwest passage to cathay via a route abover the artic circle

  • Jan 1, 1580

    captian John Smith. admiral of new england. in 1607 founded jamestown. saved by pocahontas

  • john Rolfe. first successful cultivation of tobacco as an export crop in the colony of virginia. became a cash crop in high demand

  • Mercantilism: 16th through 18th century.An economic system that allowed the Mother country a means to generate trade through a positive balance of trade with her colonial empire: Generally a finished product was delivered to her colonies and in exchange r

  • Jamestown- first permenant english settlement. virginia co. of london

  • Samuel de Champlain. french explorer who founded quebec. mapped the great lakes

  • George calvert(lord Bartimore) english statesman who projected the founding of the north american province of maryland in effort to find a sanctuary for practicing roman catholics. sercved in the house of commons from 1609-1611. was knighted in 1617 and b

  • indentured servants. from of debt bondage. trade labor from transportation to the new world. usually served seven years before being free

  • houe of burgesses- established by the london company of virginia. first legislative assembly in the english colonies. "power of the purse"= money

  • william bradford. led a group from england called the pilgrims. many of which were puritans who wished to change the structure of the church of england(reformists). arrived at plymouth rock. survived the first winter because of squanto

  • The Half-Way Covenant: Was a religious-political solution adopted by 17th-century New England Congregationalists, also called the Puritans, that allowed the children of baptized but unconverted church members to be baptized making them church members and

  • Louis Joliet and father. jacques marquette. explored the upper mississippi river for france as far south as the arkansas river. gave france a claim to the interior of the u.s.

  • king phillips war.

    Three Wampanoags were tried for the murder and executed. made a sudden raid on the border settlement. all the New England colonies were involved. Native American survivors of the war mostly either joined the northwestern tribes

  • Glorious Revolution of.The overthrow of James II of England because he was catholic and pro-FrenchWars leading up to and after the overthrow between William of Orange and James II caused the collapse of the Dominion of New EnglandLed to the overthrow of t

  • Salem Witch Trials

    Series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between Feb 1692 and May 1693. Tituba was a witch and some girls went out to summon the devil one day in the forest they were naked and a man f

  • john Wnthrop. led a group of sepratists puritans (non-reforming) to create a religious paradise. boston, city on a hill

  • James Oglethorpe. Founded the colony of GeorgiaFirst new British colony of fifty yearsPlanned to resettle the poor of England and those in debtors prison

  • braddock. The British dispatched an army under General Braddock to retrieve Western Pennsylvania from the French. Washington was in charge of the Virginia militia troops that were part of Braddock's command. In Pennsylvania, short of its objective, this f

  • french and indian war.

    The final Colonial War (1689-1763) was the French and Indian War, also known as the seven years war.The English and the French battled for colonial domination in North America, the Caribbean, and in India. the war was the beginn

  • slavery in colonies- black people were first brought to the english colonies as indentured servants. a constitutional convention occured where a slave trade compromise occured. slaves could not be imported into the u.s. after 1810