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Jan 1, 1440
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade was the buying, transporting, and selling of Africans for work in the Americas. While this was going on, 300,000 Africans were transported to the Americas. By the time this ended, over 9.5 million slaves had been imported into the Americas.
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Jan 1, 1492
Columbusd sails to the Americas
Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean on four different voyages between 1492 and 1503. He sailed to America on his first voyage.
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Jan 1, 1494
The Treaty of Tordesillas
The Treaty of Tordesillas was a 1494 agreement between Portugal and Spain that declared that newly discovered lands to the west of an imaginary line in the Atlantic Ocean would belong to Spain, and newly discovered lands to the east of this line would belong to Portugal.
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Jan 1, 1521
Cortez conquers the Aztecs
Cortez took 600 of his men to the Aztec capital and tricked the Aztec people into thinking he was a god because of how he was dressed. The ruler of the empire gave Cortez some of the empire’s gold, and eventually, they took over the empire.
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Jan 1, 1543
Copernicus presents the Heliocentric Theory
Copernicus was a Polish astronomer who claimed that the Earth and other planets revolve around the sun. Scholars told Copernicus that he should make his findings more accessible to others, so he published his ideas. This made the Catholic church angry. -
Jan 1, 1562
The French Wars of Religion
The French wars of religion occurred between 1562 and 1598. They primarily fought between French Catholics and Protestants.
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English settle in Jamestown
In 1607, the Englishmen who sailed to America reached land. They called the place they reached Cape Henry. The colonists called the town they came to Jamestown, in honor of their king. -
Louis XIV of France begins his reign
Louis XIV became king in 1643 when he was only four years old, but did not take power until 1661, when he was 23. He is viewed as best example of absolutism in the 17th century. -
The Economy and War
King Louis spent lots of money building palaces and pursuing wars. They built roads and canals, and raised taxes on foreign goods in order to help French businesses. Louis developed a standing army of 400,000 and waged 4 wars between 1667 and 1713. -
Glorious Revolution in England
This was the bloodless overthrow of English King James II. Parliament was angered by James II’s actions and the possibility that his son could become king because his son was Catholic. They invited James’ daughter Mary, and her husband William to overthrow the king. The Glorious Revolution took place in 1688.
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Peter the Great of Russia begins his reign
He shared the throne of Russia with his half-brother at first. Then in 1696, he became the sole ruler of Russia and he was one of Russia’s greatest reformers. -
The French Revolution begins
In this revolution, the monarchy was overthrown and reconstruction was forced upon the Roman Catholic Church and Government. -
The Great Fear
The great fear was a wave of senseless panic that spread through the French countryside after the storming of the Bastille. The guillotine became introduced in 1792. The guillotine is a machine used for beheading people, used as a means of execution during the French revolution. -
French Revolution Begins
The French Revolution occurred when there was an overthrown in the French government and church. Radical thinkers began to come about, and rebellion was a popular thing during the French Revolution.
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Napoleon conquers most of Europe
It took Napoleon a while to conquer Europe. Before this had happened, he was exiled twice. Between 1803 and 1805, Great Britian was his only enemy.
