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Am History ch 1-3
Am History Christ in the Americas, ch 1-3 Part I,
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What happened in 1513? | 1. Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean (Southern Ocean) 2. Ponce de Leon discovered Florida while searching for the fountain of Youth. |
| 1493-1496 | Dates of Columbus's 2nd voyage, where he started a second colony on Hispaniola called Isabel...and discovered many islands such as Cuba, Puerto Rico, lesser Antilles etc. |
| 1498 | 1.Columbus's third voyage, where he landed at Venezuela--the first European to step on the continental New World. 2.Da Gama rounded the Cape of Good Hope in Africa. |
| 9000BC | Neolithic Revolution began in the Old World. |
| 2500BC | Neolithic Revolution began in the New World. |
| 2000 BC | first village sites in New World |
| 1000BC | Olmecs appeared...warlike tribe with human sacrifice. |
| 650 BC | First civilizations in the New World (Mayas) |
| mid 900's AD | The Toltecs rise to power |
| 1450AD | Aztecs come to power |
| 1398-1496 | Life span of "real" leader of the Aztecs: Tlacaellel |
| 1451-54 | unprecedented natural disasters in Central America. |
| 1200AD | Inca Empire began |
| late 10th century AD | Eric the Red kicked out of Iceland, finds Greenland. His son Leif Ericson heads off the Newfoundland and establishes a colony. |
| 1451 AD | Columbus born in Genoa, Italy |
| 1484 | Portugal rejects Columbus's idea...considers his calculations in error. |
| 1486 | Columbus approaches Spain about his idea. |
| 9/6/1492 - 10/12/1492 | Columbus's first voyage to the New World. |
| 1493 | Columbus returned to Spain and started his second voyage. |
| 1502-1504 | Columbus's 4th and last voyage to the New World, where he mainly searched Central America for a passage to the Indies. |
| 2/1519 | Cortes left Cuba for Mexico |
| 4/1519 | Cortes arrived in Aztec territory on Good Friday. |
| 1521 | Cortes seized Tenochititlan (Aztec capitol, now Mexico City. |
| 1519-1522 | Magellan sets out with 5 ships to circumnavigate the world for Spain, and is the first. |
| 1522 | Cortes made governor of New Spain. Rules unwisely, allowed enslavement of the Indians. |
| 1524 | 12 Franciscans landed at Veracruz to convert the Indians. |
| 1527 | By this date the Franciscans had converted 10,000 Indians. |
| 12/12/1531 | Mary appears to Juan Diego as Virgin of Guadelupe. |
| 1548 | Juan Diego dies...9 million Indians had been baptized by this time! |
| 1494 | Treaty of Tordesillas, where Spain and Portugal agreed to the Line of Demarcation. |
| 1511 | Cuba was conquered and colonized by Diego Velasquez |
| 1500 | Pedro Cabral discovered Brazil |
| 1501 | Portuguese Coelho commanded 3 ships to follow up on the Brazil discovery, and on board had Amerigo Vespucci. |
| 1492 | 1. Discovery of new World by Columbus 2. Muslims kicked out of Spain by Isabel and Ferdinand, ending the 770 year war by taking Granada. |
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