Events Flashcards
(187 cards)
Bartolomeu Dias (Portugal) sails around the Cape of Good Hope
The Meeting of Three Peoples, Prehistory-1600
Christopher Columbus (Italian, sailing for Spain) arrives in the New World Beginning the era of European colonization of the Americas
The Meeting of Three Peoples, Prehistory-1600
Vasco da Gama (Portugal) sails to India
The Meeting of Three Peoples, Prehistory-1600
Martin Luther challenges Roman Catholic beliefs and practices; initiated Protestant Reformation
The Meeting of Three Peoples, Prehistory-1600
Spanish forces, led by Hernan Cortes, defeat the Mexica people, led by Montezuma
The Meeting of Three Peoples, Prehistory-1600
John Calvin breaks with the Catholic Church
The Meeting of Three Peoples, Prehistory-1600
Spanish forces, led by Francisco Pizarro, defeat the Inca people
The Meeting of Three Peoples, Prehistory-1600
The repartimiento reforms begin to replace the encomienda system
The Meeting of Three Peoples, Prehistory-1600
Founding of the “Lost” British colony of Roanoke
The Meeting of Three Peoples, Prehistory-1600
British defeat of the Spanish Armada
The Meeting of Three Peoples, Prehistory-1600
Jamestown Colony founded
Establishment of the Thirteen Colonies, 1607-1711
Henry Hudson explores the area that will become New York
Establishment of the Thirteen Colonies, 1607-1711
“Starving time” in Virginia
Establishment of the Thirteen Colonies, 1607-1711
House of Burgesses established
Establishment of the Thirteen Colonies, 1607-1711
Founding of the Plymouth Colony
Establishment of the Thirteen Colonies, 1607-1711
Mayflower Compact signed
Establishment of the Thirteen Colonies, 1607-1711
Attack on Jamestown by local Algonquian Indians
Establishment of the Thirteen Colonies, 1607-1711
New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch
Establishment of the Thirteen Colonies, 1607-1711
Founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Establishment of the Thirteen Colonies, 1607-1711
“Great Migration” of Puritans from England to Massachusetts
Establishment of the Thirteen Colonies, 1607-1711
Founding of the Georgia Colony
Establishment of the Thirteen Colonies, 1607-1711
Anne Hutchinson banned from Massachusetts
Establishment of the Thirteen Colonies, 1607-1711
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut are adopted
Establishment of the Thirteen Colonies, 1607-1711
Act of Religious Toleration passed in Maryland
Establishment of the Thirteen Colonies, 1607-1711