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The Age of Exploration
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The portuguese began exploration of africa durring this period to find resouces and to find ways to india for other goods and spices.
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Columbus discovers the "new world" and ended up arround Cuba but mistakes it for Asia at first. Later he would understand that he had discovered a new landmass
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The treaty of tordesillas is signed and divides the new lands discovered between Spain and Portugal. It failed to mention other kingdomes like England in the treaty though.
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Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful in the Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India. Returned from Africa with a few spices and made a 3000% profit.
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Pedro Cabral lands in South America and names the land Brazil for Portugal. In the process he tries to make friends with the natives.
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Alfonso d' Albuquerque and his Portuguese fleet attack and finally captured Melaka.
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300 years, from 1521 at the fall of Tenochtitlan, to 1821, when Mexico was recognized as an independent country.
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Hernando Cortes defeates the and destroyes the entire Aztec empire. The Aztecs were easily defeated becauese of the use of weapons by the Spanish.
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Ferdinand Magellan finished his trip arround the world even though he died by his crew which started with 287 people and five ships and ended up with only 18 crew members to finish the trip. He was also the first to cross the pacific ocean.
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French attemps of colonization in Both America and Canada start arround this time most of the time ending in failure.
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It is a treaty between was a treaty between Charles V and the forces of the Schmalkaldic League to stop fighting in the Holy Roman Empire between the two christian religions and to recognize them both as equal.
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The last incan outpost are conqured and taken over by the spanish by Francisco Pizarro.
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The expedition sailed south along the West coast of Africa. He lead three ships to explore the rest of africa.
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The british east india company was set up in the 1600's to ship goods to britain to be traded.
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exploring a passage to the Indies and claiming any uncharted areas for the United Provinces, which led to several significant expeditions. The two Dutch settlements in the Americas are, New Netherlands and New Amsterdam.
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The dutch east india trade was set up two years after the britsish to be part of the large trade there.
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The English were in control of the colonies from 1607 till 1776.
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Henry Hudson Discovers the Hudson Bay after thinking he had found the northwest passage. He had gotten payment to explore for the passage by the English.
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First African people to be taken from africa as enslaved persons to the new world. In 1865 the United States officially abolished slavery.
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The English take over the area which is now new york because one they wanted to stop Dutch expansion in north america and take over a large trade port.
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The english ruled canada from 1763 untill 1900 and aquired the land from the French.