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Chapter 1 Chronology of Key Events
Key Events from Chapter 1 in Chronological Order
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03/12/2014

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30,000-20,000 BC
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First Humans arrive in North America from Asia across what is now the Bering Strait
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8000-5000 BC
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Central American Indians begin to practice agriculture
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300-900 AD
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Maya civilization flourishes in present day Mexico and Guatemala
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c 900
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Toltecs rise to power in the Valley of Mexico and later conquer the Mayas
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c 1000
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Vikings led by Leif Ericson reach Labrador and Newfoundland (Vinland)
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1095
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European Christains launch the Crusades to capture the Holy Lands from Muslims
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c 1100
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Inca civilization emerges in what is now Peru
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1271
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Marco Polo begins a 20-year jouney to China
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1347-1353
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1420's
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Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal sends mariners to explore Africa's western coast
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c 1450
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Johannes Gutenberg, a German printer, develops movable type, the basis of modern printing
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1469
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Ferdinand and Isabella marry and begin to unify Spain
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1492
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Columbus makes the first voyage of discovery to the Americas
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1494
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Treaty of Tordeillas divides the known world between Portugal and Spain
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1497-1498
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John Cabot's two voyages to Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island lay the basis for English claims to North America
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1501
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Spain authorizes the first shipment of African slaves to Caribbean islands
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1519
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Hernan Cortes and 600 Spanish conquistadores begin the conquest of the Aztec Empire
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1527
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Henry VIII of England begins to sever ties with the Roman Catholic church
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1531
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Francisco Pizarro and 180 Spanish soldiers start the conquest of the Inca empre
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1534
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Jacques Cartier explores the St. Lawrence river and claims the region for France
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1542
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Spain outlaws the encomienda system and the enslavement of Indians
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1585-1587
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Sir Walter Raleigh sponsors England's first North American settlement at Roanoke Island in present-day North Carolina
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1607
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English adventurers establish the first permanent English settlement at Jamestown in present-day Virginia
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