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    Late 1300s - Nation-states emerged

    At this time Nations emerged from Europe, developing local characteristics


    including separate forms of government.

    1415-1460- Prince Henry the Navigator, went along the west of Africa

    1488- Dias rounded Cape of Good Hope


    Dias was one of the first European explorers to sail around the Cape of Good
    Hope, exploring many parts of Africa

    Columbus sighted San Salvador

    Christian Spain captured Granada from the moors

    1494-Treaty of Tordesillas, split land between Spain and Portugal


    This split newly discovered land that was 370 leagues west of Cape Verde
    Islands. Anything East was to be Portugals, anything west was Spains.
    1499-Vasco da Gama sailed to India and back
    The Portuguese explorer rounded the Cape of Good Hope, and sailed to India.
    One of the first explorers to do so.

    1522-Magellan circumnavigated the globe

    1595 When the first fly boat was introduced


    The ship was lighter and required only a small crew

    1607-Jamestown, VA becomes 1st permanent English settlement


    Prior to Jamestown, many settlements were very temporary. Settlers would
    move several time to new locations.

    1608- Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec


    French settler Champlain, settle the city and area of Quebec, in modern day
    Canada

    1620 Dutch claimed Manhattan Island (New Amsterdam).


    Henry Hudson settled modern day New York

    Plymouth, MA founded
    Founded from Religious separatists on the Mayflower

    1623- Private land ownership was available in Jamestown, VA


    1620-1630 Tobacco Prices Fell
    Prices fell and stayed at a low price throughout most of the peacetime
    periods. This was due to increases in output per unit.

    1630-1670 Tobacco Output doubled per worker


    Demand for tobacco was at a climb in Europe.

    1642 English Civil War begins

    1649 English Civil War ends

    1652 Massachusetts first colony to mint coins

    1660 Navigation Act


    Made it so colonists ships' crews had to be three-quarters English. Also that
    the "enumerated" products not produced by the England, like tobacco, cotton, and
    sugar were to be shipped from the colonies only to England or other English
    colonies.

    1661 - Wampum no longer accepted in Massachusetts as currency

    1663 Navigation Act


    Made it so all European goods that were headed to America had to go
    through England first. They had to be carried in English vessels to America and
    taxed once there.

    1664-New Amsterdam becomes New York after seized by British


    1664 Dutch lost power in North America

    1690 Massachusetts first colony to issue paper money

    1690 Shift of Power from Crown to Parliament

    1699 Wool exports


    1700 - Sacred Cod
    The fishing industry was so important to Massachusetts that they have a 200
    year old cod in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

    Holy Mackerel
    Like the Cod a Chandelier in the Massachusetts Senate Chambers has brass
    fish and a brass pine cone which represent their Fishing and Lumber Industry.

    Land
    During this time Land was correlated to wealth so many people came to
    America to get their own land.

    Mills
    The mills were Animal and Water Powered but they had no factories to work
    with.

    Natural Resources
    In America there were plenty of Natural Resources but not enough skilled
    labor, this meant that finished products were scarce. Iron was plentiful but it had to
    be shipped to England.

    Southern Colonies
    They had very fertile Land that could grow cash crops like tobacco, rice, and
    indigo. Georgia was a debtors colony.

    Middle Colonies
    They were the Breadbasket of the Colonies because of their ability to grow
    wheat, corn, rye, barley, and many other foodstuffs. The Dutch and Germans came
    bringing skills and farming methods.

    New England Colonies


    They had poor rocky soil so they relied on the resources they had such as
    cattle and Sheep. There was plenty of lumber there so they had a Shipbuilding
    Industry for England. They also relied heavily on the ocean with fishing, whaling,
    and trading.

    N.E. Forests
    Trees were plenty and because it was used to make homes and ships this
    specific Industry exploded.

    N.E. Oceans
    Their most important fish was Cod, it was eaten and exported to Europe and
    West Indies. Whale oil was used for lamps and lubricants. By 1700 there were over
    2000 exclusive fishing boats.

    N.E. Shipbuilding
    Shipbuilding was one of the only exceptions to manufacturing in the
    Americas. Important shipbuilding yards were in Boston, Newport, New York, and
    Philadelphia. They had good wages that brought European shipbuilders over to NE.
    IN 1775 over 30% of the British Merchant Fleet was American Manufactured. Money
    earned in the ship building industry was second only to Tobacco.

    Social Family Structure


    Richest occupations were the Merchants in the North and Middle, and the
    plantation owners in the South. Most women did work that complimented the work
    of the husband. At 12 children started to do apprentice type work in homes or fields.
    Unmarried women were subjected to household work.

    Iroquois
    Had a Matrilineal family structure. That was the mother daughter relationship
    was the most important.

    English Goods served for 80-140% more in Colonies


    This was due to transportation and shipping costs

    1704 Rice and Molasses added to first acts of Trade and Navigation

    1720-1775 Scotch-Irish and German Immigration

    1732 Hat Act of 1732

    1733 Molasses Act of 1733

    1740 Piracy eliminated in West Atlantic


    The fall of piracy was paralleled by removing ship armaments and reducing
    crew size.

    1747 Maryland Tobacco Inspection Act


    Increased the value of Tobacco. Aimed to improve the quality of tobacco and
    exports.

    1751 West Indies and North America trade


    The trade between the two was very successful because they were close and
    could adjust to fluctuations quickly.

    1751 Currency Act

    1763 End of French Indian War

    1763 Royal Proclamation of 1763

    1764 Sugar Act of 1764

    1764 Restraining Act of 1764

    1765 Stamp Act of 1765

    1765 Stamp Act Congress

    1765 Quartering Act of 1765

    1766 Declaratory Act of 1766

    1767 Townshend Acts

    1770s Farming
    By the late 1700s 90% of people living in America earned their living as
    farmers.

    1773 Tea Act of 1773

    1773, December 16th Boston Tea Party

    1774 Intolerable Acts

    1774 Quebec Act of 1774

    1774, October 14 Continental Congress provides a list of Grievances

    Picture of the title of the grievences.

    1775 People multiplied


    People multiplied more than any other society in recorded history. The growth
    changed from 250,000 which was in 1700 to 250,000,000 people.

    1775, April 19 Shots heard around the world

    1776, July 4 Independence Declared

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