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Portuguese ships begin traveling southward along the western coast of Africa
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Rounded the Cape of Good Hope which was the southern tip of Africa
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Originally looking for Asia, he stumbled onto the Caribbean islands, where he decided to change his course and look for the "The New World" where multiple Indigenous populations were already civilized
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Arrived to the port of California and collected cargo of spices while he was there
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Arrives in South America and was a Portuguese sea captain
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After his accomplishments in India, in 1502 he forced a treaty of cooperation with the ruler of Calicut to be able to set up trade
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Turkish and Indian ships were defeated by the fleet of Portuguese warships by the coast of India
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After da Gama was able to set up the trading post, Portuguese were soon taking key ports in the Indian Ocean. In 1511, they took Malacca which helped them trade with Asian leaders
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Innocent Africans were taken from their home as they were brought to the Americas to be slaves
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Conquistador Hernan Cortes arrives in Mexico with a hundreds of men, a few hundreds, and a couple of cannons. Him and his men capture and overthrow the capital of Tenochititlan in 1521. This inspired other conquistadors to colonize the Americas.
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Explored the northeast coast of North America from North Carolina to Maine while looking for the Northwest passage to Asia
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the first European to explore North America's Sputhwest
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The Spanish took control of the north of Mexico. Then Francisco Pizarro led forth an expedition and took control of the Incan Empire
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Hoping to expose trade in Asia and India, some english merchants from the East India Company by royal charter. With this, the English broke Spanish and Portuguese monopoly of the East Indian spice trade. The company later becomes involved in politics f British imperialism
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In the late 1500s, the Dutch set up colonies and trading around the world. A group of rich merchants found the company which proceeded their mission to be the major commercial power in the East. The company soon brought major problem.
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Was hired by the Dutch East India Company to find a trade route from the Americas to India. He wasn't successful but he discovered Hudson River, Hudson Bay, and Hudson Strait which were named after him
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The English found the Massachusetts Bay Colony which only had four thousand people living there but it soon grew to fourty-thousand
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The Dutch took over Portuguese forts in the Indian Ocean. Thy took these forts which were placed along the trade route of the ocean
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The English built a colonial empire in North America after the Massachusetts Bay Colony started to grow
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Columbus sent a letter back to the royals of Spain about his adventures
