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It was a return expedition, and through that expedition a new colony was established. The colony was on the island of Santo Domingo, or Hispaniola.
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The governments of Spain and Portugal made the Treaty of Tordesillas. It got this name because it was a city in Spain. The Treaty of Tordesillas split up “New World” of the Americas between the two great Powers; Spain and Portugal.
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Cortes stuck the inland of the the Aztec Empire, and earned many victories. He then got support from the already defeated peoples’ as well as the help of Indian allies thus eventually making it to Tenochtitlán. Aztecs were brought down in 1521, and Tenochtitlán was replaced with Mexico City.
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With only 200 Spaniards and some native Indian allies Pizarro led and a victory over the Incas (Inca capital of Cuzco). The capital fell in 1533, and Spanish decided to move their major city, closer to the coast, Lima’s
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This is one of the most famous expeditions because Francisco Coranado was searching for mythical cities of gold, and he penetrated what is now the southwestern United States.
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Portuguese Paulistas were searching for metals in the The interior of Brazil, and were very victorious. Gold strikes were made in 1695 and in the mountainous interior in a region that would later be called Minas Gerais.
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Marquis of a Pombal had a great dislike for the Jesuits due to their continued allegiance with Rome as well as their role of having semi-independent control of vast areas in Brazil.
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Mining led to the opening of new areas for farming and ranching, so it could supply new markets in mining zone. Rio De Janeiro was the port closest to the mines, and it it grew in both size and importance, thus becoming the capital of the colony in 1763.
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Trying to revive Spain, the bourbon reforms was to make government more powerful, more effective, and better at running the economy. The Jesuits were a targeted group that would oppose the measures taken because of their allegiance to Rome, it’s rumored wealth, and it’s missions in the New World. So, just as they were expelled from the Portuguese empire 1759, they were also expelled from Spain and its empire in 1767.