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Christopher Columbus's First Voyage Timeline

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Gabbi Green
12/5/15
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Timeline

1433
China ends great expeditions
1492
Columbus’s first voyage
1497-1498
Vasco da Gama to India
151-1521
Magellan circumnavigates the globe
1571
Ottoman fleet defeated in Battle of Lepanto
1652
Dutch launch colony in southern Africa
1775-1783
American Revolution

Vocab
The British and Dutch East India Companies were trading companies. These companies gather large commercial fortunes by trading with their designated regions. The Dutch East India Company ruled over their trade country, China, and the British East India Company was about to do the same with their trade country, India.
The world economy was the international exchange between countries. These countries included China, Japan, the Middle East, …show more content…

Animals, plants, and diseases were exchanged. Smallpox was spread to Europeans, Africans, and New worlders during the Columbian exchange.
The battle of Lepanto was a nautical battle between Spanish and the Ottoman Empire. In the battle, the Spanish fleet of ships defeated the Ottoman Empire’s navy. The battle of Lepanto established that the hold Muslims had over the European navy was over.
Mercantilism was an economic theory. This theory emphasized the limiting of foreign imports and improving internal tax revenues. The core nations utilized mercantilism in their new world.
New France were the French colonies in America. The people of these colonies first settled in modern Quebec and thrived, the population was climbing. The first settlers of New France were sent by Louis XIV.
The Seven Years War was a war between France and Britain. France and Britain fought over land and money producing property. The Treaty of Paris settled the Seven Years War, dividing New France’s property between France and Britain.
Boers were Dutch farmers. Some Dutch farmers were sent to Africa during European expeditions. Boers started to take over Bantu farming land, establishing

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