The World: 1550-1650 Group3
Topic
The topic we got for our research project was how the world was going on in the world between 1550 and 1650 (excluding Britain). In this project we'll talk about different events, inventions, etc. that made up our countries during this time period
Canada
During this period, Canada is just being discovered and its rich fur resources only now being tapped into.
- 1603: Samuel de Champlains first voyages to Canada and maps the country
- 1604: Samuel then returns to look for an area to colonize in the new land
- 1608: Champlains finds a nice place to trade furs named Quebec
- 1611: Henry Hudson founds the Hudson Bay, where is son was tossed of a ship due to a mutiny.
America
During this time period America was still a growing country, with only a few colonized areas, each controlled by French, Spainish, and English settlers.
- 1584: Sir Walter Raleigh, a writer and poet, sends an invitation fleet to the future South Carolina
- 1607: Jamestown, Virginia is established
- 1608: The Quebec colony is established
- 1610: Santa Fe, New Mexico is established as the capital of a Spanish colony
- 1621: First Thanksgiving in Plymouth
- 1636-1637: The Pequot War occurs in Connecticut between members of the Pequot tribe and English settlers
South America
During this time period, the Spanish are beginning to colonize the area bringing with them African workers to work on projects such as universities and Spanish preachers to spread their beliefs through missions.
- 1550: African slaves arrive in Brazil
- 1551: University of Mexico is founded
- 1576: Small pox outbreak
- 1605: Due to disease the population of Mexico has declined from 25 million to 1 million
- 1610: First Jesuit missions among the Guaraní in Paraguay
Australia
During this period, not much is happening that is being recorded. The finding and mapping of the area take place but nothing much beyond that.
- 1606: Dutchman Willem Janszoon and his crew are first to meet Australian natives
- 1642: Australia is mapped out by Abel Tasman
Africa
Through the slave trade, varying amounts of early colnialism, and other domestic matters, Africa was a madhouse for cultural diffusion and erratic behaviors of countries.
- 1550: Portugeese trade in Africa attracts Europeans
- 1551: Turks capture Tripoli
- 1562: England joins slave trade
- 1564: Songhai empire destroys Mali empire
- 1575: Portugeese settle Angola
- 1581-1591: Moroccans expand across Sahara, capture, Timbuktu, and destroy the Songhai empire
- 1650: Dutch establish colony in Cape of Good Hope
Asia
During this period different things like religions and trade were rejected from most of Asia, keeping religions like Christianity to a minimum
- 1500-1650: Islamic and Christianity grows through the spread of texts and movements
- 1600: William Adams becomes the first Englishman to visit Japan
- 1600: The 6 hour battle of Sekigahara takes place
- 1606: Anti Christ decrees are proclaimed throughout Asia
- 1610: Christian missionaries expelled from Japan
- 1614: Shogun Ieyasu prohibits Cristian activity
The Rest of Europe
Unlike many of the other countries on this list, Europe had been already developed and was still growing, with different influences going all across the world.
- 1550: Chocolate is introduced
- 1550: Jews are expelled from Genoa, Italy
- 1563: Outbreak of The Black Plague
- 1611: King James Version of The Bible is published
Project by:
- Addison Lobaugh
- David Mackey
- Jadah Lennox
- Kaleigh Leavelle
- Nicholas Lowe
- Robert Knight