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In 1492 Christopher Columbus Discovered The Americas. He did so with three ships, The Nina, The Pinta, And The Santa Maria. Discovered the West Indies.
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In 1493 Columbus set sail again to reach the West Indies again. This time he commanded 17 ships filled with 1,500 soldiers, settlers, and priests.
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First Europeans Reached the Americas. They were a good richly diverse group of people with distinct ways of life.
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Conquistadors set out to explore and conquer a world unknown to them. The hoped for riches and glory for themselves and Spain.
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Traveled through New Spain working for reform. Largely due to Las Casas's efforts, the government of spain ordered reform of the encomienda system in the mid-1500's.
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In 1510, Vasco Nunez de Balboa, a Spanish colonist,explored the Caribbean coast what is now Panama.
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Spain brought about 4,000 africans to the Caribbean islands and forced them to work there.
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Portugese explorer Ferdinand Magellan set out to find an Atlantic Pacific Passage.
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He sailed from Cuba to Mexico with more than 500 soldiers. Thhe first Native Americans he met presented him with gifts and golds.
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The Europeans learned to circumnavigate, or travel around the earth.
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By 1530, the rulers of Sweden, Denmark, and several European states had split with the Roman Catholic Church and set up Protestant churches in their country.
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The pope's refusal to grant the annulment caused Henry to break with the Roman Catholic Church. He set up a Protestant church and named it the Church of England.
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After Mary died. Elizabeth renewed the rivalry with Roman Catholic Spain.
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Phillip assembled a fleet of 130 warships known as the Spanish Armada. Phillip hoped to force Elizabeth from throne.
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Spain took control of much of North and South America and would be one of the world's richest nations.
