Stearns chapter 20 AP World History

By ChrisSteffan
  • 1415

    Portugués capture Ceuta

    This is significant because This is the beginning of European expansion
  • 1441

    First shipment of African slaves brought directly from Africa to Portugal

    This is significant because Europeans are now trading for slaves in Africa.
  • 1562

    Beginning of English Slave Trade

    This is significant because the slave trade would have a lasting impact on millions of lives.

  • Fall of Songhay Empire

    This is significant because Empires are continuing to fall and nation-states continue to rise.

  • Dutch establish colony of Cape of Good Hope

    This is significant because a lot of trade goes around the cape of good hope.

  • English get right to import slaves to Spanish Empire

    This is significant because everyone is beginning to use slaves from Africa and the cruel behavior spreads globally.

  • Abolitionist movement gains strength in England

    This is significant because many people were against slavery and they fought against it.

  • Slave uprising in Haiti

    This is significant because Slaves too were fighting against their masters.

  • Cape of Good Hope comes under formal British control

    This is significant because the Dutch could previously control trade past the Cape.

  • Great Britain Abolishes slavery in the west indies

    This is significant because slavery was finally starting to be abolished as people saw the cruel treatment they were receiving.