Mexican History 3

  • Fall of Constantinople
    1453

    Fall of Constantinople

    This disrupted the trade routes to Asia, forcing Europeans to search for new ways to get there
  • 1492

    Reconquista

    The church wanted to expand the religion
  • Arrival of Colon to America
    Oct 12, 1492

    Arrival of Colon to America

    Cristobal Colon arrived to America thinking it was India, thanks to the invention of the Caravel ship, that could sail against the wind
  • Period: 1500 to

    Atlantic Slave Trade

    They transported around 12 million africans through this route, wanting more people so they could force them to work, also exporting the materials to Europe
  • 1519

    Colonization of America

    Cortes landed on America with 600 men, using advanced military techiniques, weapons and alliances
  • Fall of the Aztec Empire
    1521

    Fall of the Aztec Empire

    Thanks to the smallpox and also the various alliances Hernán Cortes made with enemy cultures the Aztecs were conquered in what's known as the sad night
  • Campaign against the Inca Empire
    1531

    Campaign against the Inca Empire

    Francisco Pizarro executed a campaign against the Inca empire, trying to capture the emperor Atahualpa
  • Conquest of the Inca Empire
    1533

    Conquest of the Inca Empire

    Franco Pizarro managed to conquer the Inca Empire thanks to the campaign against this empire, capturing and killing the emperor Atlahualpa
  • Encomienda System

    This was a system that allowed Spanish people to extract tributes and labor from indigenous people, trying to crhistianize and protect them, but often used to exploit them.
  • Jamestown

    Jamestown

    The first establishment of the English people on North America
  • Foundation of Plymouth

    Foundation of Plymouth

    English people arrived seeking reiligious freedom
  • Pueblo Revolt

    On New Mexico people tried to do a resistance against the Spanish people
  • Period: to

    Tupac Amaru Rebellion

    Another armed resistance, which took place on Peru