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A time in Spanish history in which there was extensive overseas exploration
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Portuguese explorers began to expand towards southern Africa under Prince Henry The Navigator.
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Christopher Columbus set sail looking for Asia but instead came across new land which would become America.
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John Cabot discovered most of the northeastern coastline of North America
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Sea captain Pedro Cabral reached South America to claim land in the race to the Americas.
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With Da Gama’s new fleet, and in 1502 he forced a treaty of cooperation on the ruler of Calicut. He then sets up trading posts, allowing Portuguese merchants to trade spice.
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The need for slaves grew significantly with Europe’s expansion to the Americas. Slaves were used to doing heavy labor such as farming.
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Hernan Cortes searched for land to rule in order to grow an empire.
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Established many settlements along the coastline of North America and what would be known as Virginia
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Fransisco Pizarrolanded in South America on the pacific coast and conquered the native people of Inca and established a colony for the Spanish empire.
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Cartier claimed the most northern part of North America for France which is now recognized as Canada.
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The Columbian exchange brought travelers from Europe such as Christopher Columbus and these foreigners brought many diseases that had not yet been introduced to the native people of America causing a large number of deaths.
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Drake was an English naval commander and had claimed the land for England calling it Nova Albion.
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The establishment of the East India Company pushed the Portuguese of the spice trade in Southeast Asia
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The French colonized parts of what is now Canada which led to the founding of the first permanent french settlement, Quebec.
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Hudson finds new lands and establishes a settlement in the present-day Hudson River
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Abel Tasman had located New Zealand and only spotted New Zealand’s lands, however, he did not explore the insides of the land.
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The Columbian Exchange brought the introduction of new goods such as maize and sweet potatoes from America to China and brought more people into the country.
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England had gone to take over the settlement and its trading post in Manhattan.
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The Mongols began to lose grip of their region in the Middle East and their decline in power begins.
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England allied with Austria and France allied with Prussia became two groups rivaled with each other for colonial empires as both sides attempted to discover many places.
