Timeline of Historical Imperialism

By lexie_nauta
  • 1492

    Columbus Arrives in the Caribbean

    Traditional Globalization
  • 1497

    John Cabot claims Newfoundland for England

    Traditional Globalization
  • 1519

    Cortez arrives in Mexico

    Old Imperialism
  • 1534

    Cartier explores and claims New France

    Old Imperialism

  • Queen Elizabeth I granted the British East India Trading Company a monopoly in India

    Old Imperialism

  • Champlain establishes Quebec City

    Old Imperialism

  • Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock

    Old Imperialism

  • The Hudson’s Bay Company is established (exclusive rights to trade in Rupert’s Land)

    Old Imperialism

  • Battle on the Plains of Abraham

    New Imperialism

  • Britain assumes control of India (the “Raj” era)

    New Imperialism

  • American Civil War ends

    New Imperialism

  • Buffalo Bill Cody kills nearly 5000 buffalo in a year

    New Imperialism

  • Canada becomes a country

    New Imperialism

  • Stanley finds Livingstone

    New Imperialism

  • The Indian Act is put into place

    New Imperialism

  • King Leopold II & the Congo

    New Imperialism

  • The Berlin Conference and the Scramble for Africa

    New Imperialism

  • Rwanda becomes a part of German East Africa

  • Gandhi receives his law degree in London

  • The Boer War begins in South Africa

  • Period: to

    The Great War (or World War I)

  • Rwanda is occupied by the Belgians (taken from the Germans)