Unit 1 Timeline Flashcards
Asian migrants reach North America
C. 13000-3000 BC
Domestication of maize begins in Mesoamerica
C. 6000 BC
Roman emperor Constantine converts to Christianity
312
Pueblo cultures emerge
C. 600
Death of Muhammad
632
Arab people adopt Islam and spread its influence
632-1100
Ghana Empire emerges
C. 800
Irrigation developed by Hohokam, Mogollon, and Anasazi peoples
C. 1000
Development of Mississippian culture
C. 1000-1350
The founding of Cahokia
C. 1050
Crusades link Europe with Arab trade routes
1096-1291
Chaco Canyon abandoned
C. 1150
Mali Empire emerges
C. 1200
The Renaissance in Italy
1300-1450
Aztecs establish capital at Tenochtitlán
C. 1325
Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage to Mecca
1326
The Black Death sweeps Europe
C. 1350
Cahokia goes into rapid decline
C. 1350
Songhai empire emerges
C. 1400
Portuguese trade begins along West and Central African coasts
1435
Christopher Columbus makes first voyage to America
1492
Portugal’s Vasco da Gama reaches East Africa and India
1497-198
Pedro Alvares Cabral encounters Brazil
1500
Founding of the Iroquois Confederacy
C. 1500
Juan Ponce de León explores Florida
1513
Martin Luther sparks Protestant Reformation
1517
Hernán Cortés conquers Aztec empire
1519-1521
Francisco Pizarro vanquishes Incas
1532-1535
John Calvin publishes “Institutes of the Christian Religion”
1536
De Soto meets the Lady of Cofachiqui
1540
Founding of the Jesuit order
1540
Duarte Lopez visits the Kongo capital
1578
English crown supports mercantilism
1550-1630
Reign of Philip II, king of Spain
1556-1598
Reign of Elizabeth I, queen of England
1558-1603
Francis Drake’s “Golden Hind” circles the globe, captures Spanish treasure fleet
1577-1580
Growth of English Puritan movement
1560-1620
Storms and English ships destroy Spanish Armada
1588
Reign of James I, king of England
1603-1625
English traders settle Jamestown (Virginia)
1607
Samuel de Champlain founds Quebec
1608
Henry Hudson explores North America for the Dutch
1609
Dutch set up fur trading post at Fort Orange (Albany)
1614
First Africans arrive in Chesapeake region
1619
House of Burgesses convenes in Virginia
1619
Pilgrims found Plymouth Colony
1620
Chesapeake colonies enjoy tobacco boom
1620-1660
Dutch West India Company chartered
1621
Opechancanough’s uprising
1622
Virginia becomes royal colony
1624
Reign of Charles I, king of England
1625-1649
Puritans found Massachusetts Bay Colony
1630
Colonists arrive in Maryland
1634
Beginning of Puritan-Pequot War
1636
Roger Williams founds Providence
1636
Anne Hutchinson banished from MAssachusetts Bay
1637
Iroquois initiate wars over fur trade
1640s
Puritan Revolution in England
1642-1659
Restoration of the English monarchy
1660
Tobacco prices fall and remain low
1660
English conquer New Netherland
1664
Bacon’s Rebellion in Virginia
1675
Metacom’s War in New England
1675-1676
Salem witchcraft trials
1692