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31 Cards in this Set
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European Renaissance
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c. 1400-1600
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Coastal West African kingdoms rise and expand
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c. 1400-1500
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Portuguese slave trade in West Africa begins
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c. 1440
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Songhai succeeds Mali as major power in West African grassland
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c. 1450
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Christian "reconquest" of Spain. Columbus lands at Guanahani
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1492
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Vasco de Gama rounds the Cape of Good Hope and reaches India
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1498
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Protest Reformation in Germany
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1517
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Cortes leads Spanish conquest of Aztec empire
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1519-1521
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Magellan's expedition circumnavigates the globe
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1519-1522
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Pizarro leads Spanish conquest of Inca empire
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1532-1536
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Church of England breaks from Roman Catholic Church
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1534
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Cartier attempts to colonize eastern Canada
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1541-1542
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De Soto attempts conquests in southeastern United States
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1539-1543
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Coronado attempts conquests in southwestern United States
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1540-1542
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Kongo declines in West Africa
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c. 1550
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Elizabeth I becomes queen of England
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1558
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St. Augustine founded by Spanish
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1565
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English colony of Roanoke established, then disappears
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1585-1590
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England defeats the Spanish Armada
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1588
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Moroccan forces defeat Songhai in West Africa
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1591
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Onate founds New Mexico
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1598
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James I becomes king of England
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1603
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English found colonies at Jamestown and Sagadahoc
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1607
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Champlain founds New France
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1608
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Henry Hudson explores the Hudson River
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1609
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First Anglo-Powhatan War
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1610-1614
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New Netherland founded
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1614
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Virginia begins exporting tobacco; First Africans arrive in Virginia
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1619
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Plymouth colony founded
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1620
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Second Anglo-Powhatan War
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1622-1632
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James I revokes Virginia Company's charter
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1624
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