1776 - Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith published.Declaration of Independence would inspire others for many years.1760-1789 - First Industrial Revolution.1757 - Battle of Plassey begins English colonization in India.Photo courtesy of WikiImages from Pixabay Historical Period 3: Units 5 and 6 (1750 to 1900) ⚡ Watch: AP World History - □ The Age of Revolutions.1689-1725 - Peter the Great rules and westernizes Russia.New elite blend their ideas with old Han traditions.1652 - Dutch Boers colonize South Africa.1643-1715 - Louis XIV rules France absolute monarchy in France. 1623-1641 - Tokugawa Iemitsu rules Japan and establishes Japanese isolationism.1607 - Britain begins colonizing the Americas with Jamestown.1602 - Dutch East India Company founded.1600 - British East India Company founded.1571 - Founding of Manila and beginning of global trade.1556-1605 - Akbar the Great rules the Mughal Empire.1545 - Discovery of silver at Potosi mine.1543 - Copernicus shares ideas about a heliocentric universe.1534 - France begins to colonize the Americas.Aurangzeb, on the other hand, persecuted Hindus and Sikhs and contributed to the empire's decline.Akbar practiced religious tolerance, inviting people of different religions to debate with him and removing the jizyah tax.2 most notable rulers: Akbar and Aurangzeb.1519-1521 - Magellan sails around the world (and dies in the Philippines).1517 - Protestant Reformation begins with Martin Luther's 95 Theses.1509-1542 - Nzinga Mbemba (Afonso I) rules the Kongo Empire.1534 - First enslaved peoples come to the Americas.Largest Sh'ia empire at the time- at odds with the Sunni Ottoman Empire.1497 - Portugal starts colonizing the Americas."Old World" trades livestock, smallpox, influenza, and coffee (the "Old World" side of this exchange will lead to the death of millions of Native Americans who are not immune to these diseases)."New World" trades corn, potatoes, tobacco, and rubber.⚡ Watch: AP World History - □ Columbian Exchange.Spanish Empire used the hacienda and encomienda system, as well as a caste system based on race.1492 - Columbus sails to the "New World"/Spain begins to colonize the Americas/Columbian Exchange begins.1450s-1480s - Russia overthrows Mongol rule in Moscow.Historical Period 2: Units 3 and 4 (1450 to 1750)ġ453 - Ottoman conquest of Constantinople Used mita system as labor system- everyone had to work periodically for the state in some form (later taken by Spanish).Used quipus (knotted cords) in place of writing.
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