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October 12, 1492 - Columbus arrives in San Salvador

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October 12, 1492 - Columbus arrives in San Salvador

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Christopher Columbus was sponsored by the King and Queen of Spain to find better routes to India and China, to avoid taxes. He leaves intending to go to India, but actually just ends up "discovering" the Americas. This marks the very beginning of "modern-day" history.

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October 12, 1492 - Columbus arrives in San Salvador

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Discovery of golf in the Americas gave Spain immense wealth, because of that other countries wanted to be like them. Gold, God, and Glory motivated Europeans to continue to sail and conquer the Americas

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Vasco De Gama finds India. He had attempted to impress the Indian hosts but they were unimpressed, he returned home with stories and spices he bought for his own use.

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1500s~ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade begins

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1500s~ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade begins

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The Trans Atlantic Slave Trade destroyed African societies and held back their development. Europeans "needed" people to do hard labor in tropical weather. Africans were also immune to European and tropical diseases. The very origins of racism.

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1500s~ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade begins

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November 16, 1532- The fall of the Incas

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November 16, 1532- The fall of the Incas

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A Spanish army of 168 men overthrew the Inca warriors of thousands. The Spanish had the upper hand with their weapons, horses, and diseases. The fall of Native groups only sparked waves of conquest with, cultural genocide, rise of the encomienda system, and Spain becoming a world power.

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November 16, 1532- The fall of the Incas

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The Encomienda System was a set of "rules" that Europeans were expected to follow to "protect Natives". In reality it was just the enslavement of Native Americans. While the people of Spain became angry about the mistreatment of Natives, they could only to so much from far away. They attempted to make things better by changing the laws but Natives continued to die and suffer.

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1542- Portuguese explorers accidentally find Japan

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1542- Portuguese explorers accidentally find Japan

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Portuguese sailors on the way to China get blown off course and land in Japan. They are welcomed at first...

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1549- Portuguese missionaries arrive in Japan

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1549- Portuguese missionaries arrive in Japan

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Catholic missionaries arrive in Japan and begin to spread Christianity. The population of Christians among the Japanese "by 1600, the beginning of the Tokugawa Shogunate, there were around 300,000 believers."(Nottage). This is the beginning of the Shogunate's worries about the European influence.

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1540s~ Portuguese missionaries arrive in Japan

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1638- Closed Door Policy is enforced in Japan

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1638- Closed Door Policy is enforced in Japan

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Japanese people are forbidden to Leave the country, and outsiders cannot enter. Shogun is threatened by the European influence. Only the Dutch are allowed to unload 1 ship per year.

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1638- Closed Door Policy is enforced in Japan

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Chinese allowed Europeans to trade only in Canton. For years the Chinese had refused to allow trade with the Europeans, they had turned down several British trade posts.

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1757- Chinese allowed Europeans to trade only in Canton

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Nottage, Luke. “Japanese (Legal) History, Culture and ‘Hidden’ Christianity.” The University of Sydney, 25 Dec. 2018, japaneselaw.sydney.edu.au/2018/12/japanese-legal-history-culture-and-hidden-christianity/#:~:text=And%20the%20(Catholic)%20church%20indeed,there%20were%20around%20300%2C000%20believers.