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1644-1911

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The Qing Dynasty stayed in power by respecting most of Chinese culture. Segregation also helped the Qing stay in power: Separate army units and no intermarriage allowed. Qing were unsure whether to let European merchants into China. Welcomed Christian missionaries to the Qing court.

1513

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Bartolome De Las Casas a Spanish missionary who was granted an encomienda in 1513. He decided that the system was wrong because it enslaved natives so he gave up his land. He went to Spain to ask the King and Queen to reform the system, wrote “The Devastation of the Indies” and the encomienda system was abolished in 1542.

1542

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The Encomienda system was abolished. Spanish monarchy appointed viceroys → governors of the American colonies

Viceroys chosen from Spanish noble families. The system collected taxes, nominated colonial officials, enforced laws, oversaw native conversion to Christianity, and granted encomiendas. Encomiendas: large pieces of land granted to Spanish colonists on which Native Americans were expected to serve the colonists through labor/providing gold. In return, Spanish landowners must protect/care for Native Americans on their land.

1542

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Portuguese arrived in Japan by accident. 1st Europeans arrived in Japan by accident. Portuguese sailors on their way to China were blown off course in 1542. At first, they were welcomed but Portugal sent traders to sell European weapons & Christian missionaries which Japan was against because the Europeans wanted more.

1603

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Tokugawa family takes power after 100 years of instability. Concerned about thousands of converted Japanese Christians. To keep order the Family cut Japan’s contact with the world: Closed Country Policy. This period in Japan is known as “The Great Peace”

May 29th, 1453

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Constantinople finally fell to the Ottomans. The city's name changed to Istanbul– meaning ”full of Islam”. It used to be a Christian city run by Christians so that was why it was a huge turning point.

1640

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In 1640 Christianity was gone in Japan. Japan feared missionaries would bring armies to conquer Japan. Japan decided to expel missionaries.

MLA Citation

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The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. “Encomienda.” Encyclopædia Britannica, 2019, www.britannica.com/topic/encomienda.

Annexed - Taiwan 1683

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The Qing dynasty sent an army led by General Shi Lang and defeated the Ming loyalist Kingdom of Tungning in 1683. Taiwan was then formally annexed in April 1684

1519 - 1521

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Spanish conquerors the Aztec Empire. It was a Spanish conquistador who led their army against the Aztecs and it took 2 years for the Aztecs to fall. Spanish took advantage of domestic instability and native rivalries to official take them down.

1498

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Vasco de Gama was the first to sail around Africa and make it to India. He traded with Africans and it took him 2 years round-trip. His voyage launched a new era of discovery and world trade.