2 CHAPTER 1 Exploration and the Colonial Era

AMERICASWORLD

Asian peoplesmigrate to America.

c. 20,000 B.C.

The Crusadesbegin.

A.D. 1096Timbuktu becomesa center of Islamiclearning.

Early 1300sRome is founded.753 B.C.

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A.D. corresponds to C.E., or “common era”

Native Americans observethe arrival of a European ship.

The Aztecsettle the valley of Mexico.

c. 1200

Columbusfirst reachesNorth America.

1492“Pilgrims” settle inPlymouth.

1620The

Spanish destroythe Aztec empire.

1521

Jamestownis founded.

1607William

Penn foundsPennsylvania.

1681 Frenchand Indian War begins.

1754

JohannGutenberg developshis printing press.

1440England defeatsSpanishArmada.

1588The Reformationbegins in England withthe Act of Supremacy.

1534 With the Treatyof Paris, Britainacquires a vast NorthAmerican empire.

1763

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I N T E R A C TI N T E R A C TW I T H H I S T O R YW I T H H I S T O R Y

You live in the 15th century. Your

society hunts freely, grows crops of

great variety, and trades with nearby

cultures. Now you sense that your

world is about to change; the ships

you see approaching are like nothing

you have encountered before.

How will thearrival of a strangepeople change yourway of life?Examine the Issues

• How would you react to a peoplewhose appearance and language are unlike anything you have everknown?

• What can happen when one cul-ture imposes its values on another?

English Civil War begins betweenroyalist forces and parliamentary forcesled by Oliver Cromwell.

1642

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