Mrs. Ruland's Advanced Placement World History Course
WHAP Timeline Assignment 1450-1750
Instructions: Take all of the following events, people, and places. For each, find the relevant dates and the significance. Place everything on one continuous timeline. You must figure out an appropriate scale so that everything is spaced out EVENLY. Multiple-year events need to be bracketed. Please make a color code and corresponding key for events by geographical area/political unit. WRITE THE DATE OF THE EVENT NEXT TO IT ON THE TIMELINE. supplementary chronology should include a summary (2-3 sentences) of what each event/person is and the importance. Be prepared to be quizzed on the items on the line... (evil laugh!)...
Beginning of Portuguese slave trade Columbus' first voyage Council of Trent Dias' voyage into Indian Ocean End of the British slave trade Establishment of 1st colony in Australia Foundation of Society of Jesus Galileo Galilei Hatian Revolution John Calvin John Locke Martin Luther Mughal dynasty Ottoman dynasty Peace of Westphalia Prince Henry the Navigator Qing dynasty Reign of Akbar Reign of Emperor Wanli Reign of Mehmed the Conqueror Reign of Suleyman the Magnificent Reign of Sunni Ali Safavid dynasty Seven Years' War Songhay Empire Spanish Armada Spanish conquest of Mexico Thirty Years' War Tokugawa shogunate Treaty of Tordesillas
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