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citation Leif gathered a crew of about 35 and set off from Greenland for the mystery land. They landed at a place described as a barren flatland of rocks backed by giant ice mountains.
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citation The black death took a proportionally larger toll of life than any other epidemic up to that time. This plague ravaged through Europe taking Europe population from 450 million to almost 350 million.
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citation A time in Roman Catholic history where there was two and at times three people called the Pope. Each of these “Popes” had their own following.
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citation The early printing press had a long handle which is used to turn wooden screws, exerting pressure on the paper. This made writing, and news more affordable.
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citation King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella choose Catholicism to unite Spain and they drove out Jews, and Muslims. This was the monarch’s effort to create monotheism.
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citation The treaty of Granada was signed after the Spanish defeated the Moors in 1492. This gave the Moors a set of right and religious practices.
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citation Seeking a westward route from Europe to Asia, Columbus reaches the Caribbean in the name of Spain. He also found North and South America.
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citation One of many explorers to explore North America between the 1400’s and 1600’s . He sailed a 79 day voyage for England.
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citation A major movement in 16th century Europe aimed at reforming the beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church. It marks the beginning of the modern era. Martin luther who was a German Augustinian monk who in 1517 posted 95 theses on a church door. This was a common academic practice that served as an invitation to debate. Luther challenged some portions of the Roman Catholic doctrine.
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citation Conquered the Aztecs for Spain by befriending their leader Montezuma, then making him a prisoner of his own city.
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citation According to tradition, Mary appeared to Jean Diego who was an Aztec, making him convert to Christianity.
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citation Pizarro conquered the Incas for Spain by sailing down South America’s Pacific coast with less than 200 troops and capturing their leader.
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citation When King Henry's marriage was refused by the Pope, Henry passed acts separating the church of England from the Roman Catholic Church.
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citation The 19th ecumenical council of the Catholic Church. The council played an important role in revitalizing the Catholic Church in parts of Europe.
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citation Roanoke is a colony off of present day North Carolina. Within a year of it’s founding, the colonists had run short of food. An English ship stopped in the harbor and the settlers decided to return “home”.
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citation Jamestown was founded in 1607 with 700 colonists. 3 years later Thomas Gates sailed to run the town but found only 60 remained looking like skeletons from starvation.
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citation This Dutch explorer that sailed to present day New York on his ship the Half Moon. Hudson continued to sail up a river for 150 miles that is named after him, the “Hudson River”.
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citation King Louis “Louis the Great” ruled from his palace in Versailles.
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citation Marquette was a French missionary and his partner Joliet was a fur trader. They were lead by the Indians to reach the Mississippi River.
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