https://padlet.com/erb4567/2jscfao96si2fqqj Timeline en-us 2021-09-13 00:16:21 UTC 2021-09-13 02:39:44 UTC hello@padlet.com erb4567 https://padlet.com/erb4567/2jscfao96si2fqqj/wish/1734381153 America was rich with nomadic tribes of people native to the continents while European countries sought ways to increase their power. ]]> 2021-09-13 00:22:45 UTC https://padlet.com/erb4567/2jscfao96si2fqqj/wish/1734381153 erb4567 https://padlet.com/erb4567/2jscfao96si2fqqj/wish/1734390827 Christopher Columbus set sail in hopes to find a new route to Asia so that Spain may receive goods from other lands. However, Columbus landed upon land in the Bahamas, mistaking it for India. This lead Europeans in search of the new world in the name of God, gold, and glory. Eventually leading to the Columbian exchange and the colonization of the Americas in motion.]]> 2021-09-13 00:27:34 UTC https://padlet.com/erb4567/2jscfao96si2fqqj/wish/1734390827 erb4567 https://padlet.com/erb4567/2jscfao96si2fqqj/wish/1734415806 Christopher Columbus returns to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola and unloaded seventeen ships that held 1,200 men, cattle, swine, sugarcane, and horses. The animals spread quickly in the new land, traveling through Mexico to reach Canada. Horses were used as a mode of transportation for the Native Americas, allowing them to convert from "newly mounted cultures into highly mobile, wide-ranging hunter-warrior societies" that resided in the Great Plains in an effort to pursue buffalo (page 14). Sugarcane also grew in abundance in the climate of the Caribbean. Diseases were also brought to the Americas by the Europeans, devastating Native American populations. ]]> 2021-09-13 00:38:57 UTC https://padlet.com/erb4567/2jscfao96si2fqqj/wish/1734415806 erb4567 https://padlet.com/erb4567/2jscfao96si2fqqj/wish/1734427112 The Treaty of Tordesillas was put into play, allowing Portugal and Spain to divide control between the newly discovered islands of the New World. ]]> 2021-09-13 00:43:52 UTC https://padlet.com/erb4567/2jscfao96si2fqqj/wish/1734427112 erb4567 https://padlet.com/erb4567/2jscfao96si2fqqj/wish/1734595722 Eleven ships carrying seven hundred men, sixteen horse were lead by Hernan Cortes to Cuba in order to rescue "a Spanish castaway who had been enslaved for several-years by the Mayan-speaking Indians" (page 16). Cortes later allied with 20,000 Native Americans who has been wronged by the Aztecs in order to counter the empire. Due to this, the chieftain of the Aztecs, Moctezuma, sent ambassadors to Cortes with various gifts in order to make piece. However, Cortes was greedy and abused Moctezuma's hospitality. ]]> 2021-09-13 01:53:10 UTC https://padlet.com/erb4567/2jscfao96si2fqqj/wish/1734595722 erb4567 https://padlet.com/erb4567/2jscfao96si2fqqj/wish/1734602042 The Spaniards residing in the Aztec Empire "exhausted their welcome" (page 17), leading to them being driven out of the city of Tenochtitlan. ]]> 2021-09-13 01:55:39 UTC https://padlet.com/erb4567/2jscfao96si2fqqj/wish/1734602042 erb4567 https://padlet.com/erb4567/2jscfao96si2fqqj/wish/1734610457 Cortes and his men returned to the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan and captured it. The natives also suffered greatly due to a smallpox epidemic that spread through the Valley of Mexico causing the population of Mexico to dwindle as European diseases claimed 18 million lives in less than a century. ]]> 2021-09-13 01:59:12 UTC https://padlet.com/erb4567/2jscfao96si2fqqj/wish/1734610457 erb4567 https://padlet.com/erb4567/2jscfao96si2fqqj/wish/1734618370 Francisco Pizarro pulverized the Incas of Peru, adding to the wealth of Spain. ]]> 2021-09-13 02:02:34 UTC https://padlet.com/erb4567/2jscfao96si2fqqj/wish/1734618370 erb4567 https://padlet.com/erb4567/2jscfao96si2fqqj/wish/1734640009 Francisco Coronado searched for golden cities of legend but ended up wandering into Arizona, New Mexico, Kansas, and more areas. During this, Coronado discovered the Grand Canyon and herds of buffalo. ]]> 2021-09-13 02:11:30 UTC https://padlet.com/erb4567/2jscfao96si2fqqj/wish/1734640009 erb4567 https://padlet.com/erb4567/2jscfao96si2fqqj/wish/1734650097 The Battle of Acoma occurred as the Spanish came across the land of the Pueblo during their expedition across the Americas. The Spanish were victorious as they defeated the Acoma, killing many and severing one foot from each of the surviving natives. ]]> 2021-09-13 02:15:23 UTC https://padlet.com/erb4567/2jscfao96si2fqqj/wish/1734650097 erb4567 https://padlet.com/erb4567/2jscfao96si2fqqj/wish/1734651820 The Providence of New Mexico was established. ]]> 2021-09-13 02:16:01 UTC https://padlet.com/erb4567/2jscfao96si2fqqj/wish/1734651820 erb4567 https://padlet.com/erb4567/2jscfao96si2fqqj/wish/1734703546 The English territory of Roanoke Island, North Carolina was established. ]]> 2021-09-13 02:36:44 UTC https://padlet.com/erb4567/2jscfao96si2fqqj/wish/1734703546