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This disrupted the trade routes to Asia, forcing Europeans to search for new ways to get there -
The church wanted to expand the religion
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Cristobal Colon arrived to America thinking it was India, thanks to the invention of the Caravel ship, that could sail against the wind -
They transported around 12 million africans through this route, wanting more people so they could force them to work, also exporting the materials to Europe
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Cortes landed on America with 600 men, using advanced military techiniques, weapons and alliances
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Thanks to the smallpox and also the various alliances Hernán Cortes made with enemy cultures the Aztecs were conquered in what's known as the sad night -
Francisco Pizarro executed a campaign against the Inca empire, trying to capture the emperor Atahualpa -
Franco Pizarro managed to conquer the Inca Empire thanks to the campaign against this empire, capturing and killing the emperor Atlahualpa -
This was a system that allowed Spanish people to extract tributes and labor from indigenous people, trying to crhistianize and protect them, but often used to exploit them.
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The first establishment of the English people on North America -
English people arrived seeking reiligious freedom -
On New Mexico people tried to do a resistance against the Spanish people
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Another armed resistance, which took place on Peru