Sterns Chapter 19

By GabrielNas
  • 1492

    Fall of Granada, last Muslim kingdom in Spain; expulsion of the Jews; Columbus makes landfall in the Caribbean

    Columbus exploring the Americas was important for the growth of colonies
  • 1493

    Columbus’s second expedition

    This marked the beginnings of settlement in the Indies
  • 1500

    Cabral land in Brazil

    Brazil will not start to be colonized
  • Period: 1540 to 1542

    Coronado explores area that is now the southwestern United States

    The exploration of the south US will bring new empires
  • 1549

    Royal government established in Brazil

    Brazil obtaining a government will being a new trade route
  • Period: 1580 to

    Spain and Portugal united under same rulers

    Unity between empires starts to emerge

  • Gold discovered in Brazil

    Gold will be important for future trade from Brazil
  • Period: to

    Seven years war

    This was a big war between France and European countries

  • Jesuits expelled from Spanish America

    They believed that they were too powerful so they expelled them

  • Conspiracy for independence in Minas Gerais

    Independence was becoming a more prominent idea