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Spain controlled the Caribbean, Central and South America
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Bartholomew Diaz discovers another rout to Asia around the tip of South America
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Christopher Columbus seals west
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The treaty was signed by Spain and Portugal. The treaty allows Portugal to gave Brazil, and allows Spain to control the rest of South America
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Vasco da Gama is the first one to go around the tip of South Africa
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European merchants arrive in Japan for the first time
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Silver was found in Bolivia and Japan
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The value of fur goes down
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Portugal controlled Brazil thought the 16th century
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Ferdinand Magellan seals west and reaches the southern tip of South America
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Hernan cortes conquered the Aztecs
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Ferdinand Magellan did not make it back to Spain, only his crew made it
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Francisco Pizarro conquer the Incas
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A new tax that requires people to pay in silver
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In 1600 the Portuguese controlled half of the spice traded that was in Europe
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The Portuguese trade was in decline from competition
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The British and Dutch companies gain more power than the Portuguese on the early 1600s
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Japan was ruled by Shogun, who are military commanders
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the price of silver is dropped
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England, France, and the Netherlands had control of the Eastern coast of North America during the 17th century
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There were more than 7000 tobacco shops in London
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The Qing Dynasty ruled China
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Central Mexico = population went from about 20 million people to 1 million people by 1650
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Japan did not allow foreign visitors to come
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In Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina there were over 50 million cattle and horses
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By 1720 = population of Siberia = 70% Russian and 30% native Siberian
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By 1790 almost all of the population of Haiti had African descent
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The Spanish lost control of the colony in the Philippines
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Russia was ruled by a monarchy
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The Soviet Union collapses