Unit 4: Transoceanic Interconnections (c. 1450–1750)

AP World History: Modern

Key developments

Timeline of key events

Triangular Trade map — Caption: Map showing the triangular trade routes connecting Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Source: Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain)

Themes and connections

Primary sources

Christopher Columbus, journal of the first voyage (1492)

Bartolome de las Casas, A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies (1552)

Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (1789)

Key figures

Key events summary

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Vocabulary

Unit 4 topics

Unit 4 overview 4.10Comparison of Coerced Labor Systems 4.1Technological Innovations from 1450 to 1750 4.2Exploration: Causes and Events from 1450 to 1750 4.3Columbian Exchange 4.4Maritime Empires Established 4.5Maritime Empires Maintained and Developed 4.6Internal and External Challenges to State Power from 1450 to 1750 4.7Changing Social Hierarchies from 1450 to 1750 4.8Continuity and Change from 1450 to 1750 4.9The Atlantic Slave Trade

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