Late 1300’s - 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 Portugal’s, anything west was Spain’s.

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 ▼

1770’s – Farming ▼By the late 1700’s 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 ▼