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His journey was made possible by kind Ferdinand and Isabella's marraige
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To avoid war between the Spanish and Portuguese, the Spanish made the Treaty of Tordesillas to divide with Portugal the "heathen lands" of the New World
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He was the first person to make it to India and Back
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Balboa claimed all land touched by the Pacific Ocean for Spain
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Ponce de Leon said he wanted to find the Fountain of Youth (he really wanted gold), but instead he discovered Florida and claimed it for Spain
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Aztec leader Moctezuma belived that Cortes was a god from Aztec legends, whose return was predicted. Cortes and his men demanded gold, but when the Aztecs got tired of giving it, they attacked and won, but Cortes then laid siege to the city. The Aztec were under Spanish rule for three centuries.
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He brought down the Inca empire
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When Protestant Elizabeth I became queen, it became dominant and rivalry with the Catholics intensified
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Most famous sea dog- he sailed around the entire globe and recieved a lot of Spanish gold
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After the English defeated the Spanish, it started England on its way to becoming master of the world oceans
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He worked his way from Mexico to Arizona. He discovered New Mexico and the the Grand Canyon
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Led by Don Juan de Onate, the Spanish abused the Pueblo peoples, winning the war, and claiming the area to be the province of New Mexico
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After Queen Elizabeth I died, James I took over the throne
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After the Spanish and English signed the peace treaty, England wanted their own colonial empire in the New World
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A peace treaty ended the war, sealed by the marriage of Pocohontas and John Rolfe
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Carolina was created after King Charles II had granted to eight of his court favorites, the Lords Proprietors, and expanse of wilderness across the continent to the Pacific
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The Pueblo rebels destroyed every Catholic church in the province and killed many priests and Spanish settlers
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The expedition was ;ed by Robert de la Salle, Around 1716, the Spanish began to set up settlements in Texas
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The South Carolinians defeated and dispersed the Yamasee Indians
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Georgia was proved to be the last of the thirteen colonies to be planted