A.D. 500 TO 1500.pptVIP

A.D. 500 TO 1500 CHAPTER 1 First Founders “These gods that we worship give us everything we need.” Bernardino de Sahagún’s recollection of an Aztec leader’s response to Franciscan attempts at conversion TIMELINE 2.5 million years ago Human’s ancestors first appear in Africa 70,000 years ago Ancestors of modern humans moved from Africa to Europe and Asia 25,000 to 11,000 yrs Ice Age 14,000 years ago Clovis hunters appear in North America 10,000 years ago Paleo-Indian era in North America 6,000 years ago Domestication of sheep, goats, pigs, cows, and horses 4,000 years ago Cultivation of crops 500 A.D. Mississipian cultures 750 A.D. Anasazi in the Four Corners Region 800 A.D. Moches great pyramids collapse 870 A.D. Lief Eriksson names Gulf of St. Lawrence Vinland TIMELINE 1000 A.D. Vikings at Straumfjord 1270-1292 Marco Polo travels the Silk Road 1440s Portuguese initiate Atlantic slave trade 1487 Dias proves link between Indian and Atlantic oceans 1497 da Gama returns from India 1492 Columbus in San Salvador (Watling’s Island) 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas Columbus returns to Hispaniola 1497 Cabot in Newfoundland 1513 Balboa at the Pacific 1519 Cortés at Vera Cruz 1520 Martin Luther excommunicated 1542 de Verrazzano reaches North Carolina TIMELINE 1542 de Vaca’s Relation The Inquisition established 1533 Pizarro’s conquest over the Incas 1534 Cartier at the Gulf of St. Lawrence 1539 de Soto in Florida 1540 Native American Tuscaluza attacks the Spanish in Mabila 1570 Jesuits in Chesapeake Bay 1580 Drake claims California for England 1581 Spain acquires Portugal 1584 Raleigh sends explorers to the Outer Banks 1585 Lane builds a fort at Roanoke Island 1588 The Spanish Armada sinks FIRST FOUNDERS Overview Ancient America A Thousand Years Of Change Linking The Continents Spain Enters the Americas The Protestant Reformation Plays Out in America ANCIENT AMERICA The Question of Origins The Newest Approaches The A