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Prince Henry created a school for exploration to help explorers travel the world. Prince Henry wanted to help Portugal become the leader in exploration.
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Bartolomeu showed other explorers that it was possible to travel to Asia around Africa by sea. This new route created multiple trading opportunities.
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Vasco traveled to India and found a successful civilization. Vasco didn't come in peace and started to fight the Indian civilization
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Columbus reached the Americas and sparked the first connection Europe and the Americas. This was the start of the colonization of Europeans in the Americas.
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This treaty divided the new land between Spain and Portugal. This showed how Europeans wanted to control the new land.
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Cortes conquering the Aztec Empire sparked the beginning of the Spanish dominance.
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Magellan's trip around the globe proved the earth size and created more global exploration.
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Pizarro led the Spanish on a conquest that conquered the Inca Empire.
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The Spanish uncovered a large amount of silver in Potosi. They made indigenous people do dangerous work to uncover silver in mines.
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Jamestown was the first English colony in North America.