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The Aztecs sacrifice 20,000 people to inaugurate their new temple in Tenochtitlan
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Treaty of Tordesillas divides the New World between Spain and Portugal.The Treaty of Tordesillas was agreed upon by the Spanish and the Portuguese to clear up confusion on newly claimed land in the New World.The newly discovered land held great potential wealth which would benefit European nations.
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Small pox out break in the Carribean.
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Martin Waldseemller draws a world map on which he names the new continent America after Amerigo Vespucci
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Francisco Pizarro lands in Panama and joins Vasco N£nez de Balboa's expedition across the Isthmus of Panama, becoming the first European to see the Pacific Ocean
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After the New World was discovered, Spain soon realized that it was an incredibly valuable resource that should be pacified and colonized. Only two things stood in their way: the mighty Empires of the Aztecs in Mexico and the Incas in Peru Their mission was accomplished!
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The university of Santiago is founded in Chile
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recognizes Brazil's borders, and hands Sacramento to Spain in return for Jesuit missions
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British took control of new France.
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Cuba opens the first public library of Spanish America.
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Spain surrenders Louisiana to France
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Venezuela and Paraguay declare independence from Spain.
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was a distinguished commander early in the independence movement in northern South America. he was a high-ranking officer.
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General San Martin gathered an army to cross the Andes and liberate Spanish-held Chile.
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He survived many assassination attempts, he could not hide from or fight tuberculosis, and he died.
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Mexico went to war with the United States after a series of skirmishes on the border. The Americans invaded Mexico on two fronts and captured Mexico City.. As devastating as the war was for Mexico, the peace was worse.
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The most devastating war ever fought in South America, the War of the Triple Alliance pitted Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil against Paraguay. When Uruguay was attacked by Brazil and Argentina
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Columbus lost a ship called the Santa Maria and he had more men than space.
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The Spanish found Santo Domingo in the island of Hispaniola, the first Spanish town in the Americas
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Che's mission was to attack the massive military fortress at Santa Clara, where 4,000 armed soldiers awaited him with tanks and weapons.
