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Aimed to take the Holy Land from the Muslims and ravaged Asia and the Middle East for luxury goods like silk, drugs, perfume, and sugar. Similar to conquistadores and missionaries in the Americas.

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This is the first time a European had set foot in the Americas. Changed the world forever, inciting travel to the Americas for Europeans to claim it as their own.

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1500s: Spain became the dominant colonizing power

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1500s: Spain became the dominant colonizing power

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Most major travelers and settlements were under Spain's control. Their conquistadores took control over the Natives to make the land belong to Spain.

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Named the "discoverer of the Pacific Ocean" (The American Pageant, p.16). Claimed Panama and all land touching this Ocean to the King of Spain.

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1513: Vasco Nunez Balboa travels to Panama

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1513: Vasco Nunez Balboa travels to Panama

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1513 and 1521: Juan Ponce de Leon explores Florida

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1513 and 1521: Juan Ponce de Leon explores Florida

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While exploring Florida, he went seeking gold. Instead, he was killed by Native Americans protecting their land.

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In an attempt to travel to the Americas, he and his fleet of ships sailed around South America and were killed by Philippian natives.

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1540-1542: Francisco Coronado explores Arizona and New Mexico

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1540-1542: Francisco Coronado explores Arizona and New Mexico

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Discovers the Grand Canyon and gigantic herds of bison.

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1539-1542: Hernando de Soto goes on a gold expedition

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1539-1542: Hernando de Soto goes on a gold expedition

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Discovered and crossed the Mississippi river. He abused natives with iron collars and dogs. He died of fever and his troops disposed of his remains so that the natives would not desecrate his body.

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1532: Francisco Pizarro dominates the Incas

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1532: Francisco Pizarro dominates the Incas

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Crushed the Incas of Peru in 1532 and stole a huge amount of booty.

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Began when King Henry VIII broke with the catholic church. Battles between Catholics and Protestants ran rampant. When Elizabeth became queen, Protestantism became dominant in England. The rivalry between protestants and Catholics inspired competition between England and Spain to colonize the Americas.

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1519-1540: Spanish conquistadors sweep the Americas

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1519-1540: Spanish conquistadors sweep the Americas

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This was focused in two areas: Cuba through Mexico and one through Panama to Peru. The conquistadores decimated the Aztec and Incan empires within half a century.

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Under Protestant England, seizing Spanish settlements and fleets was an important goal. Francis Drake was a particularly successful actor in this. When he returned he came with a large sum of Spanish booty.

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1588: Showdown between Spain and England

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1588: Showdown between Spain and England

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Due to tensions between Protestants and Catholics, England and Spain has a rivalry in the colonization of the Americas. They had been violent on the shores of the Americas for a while, but this conflict marked the decline of Spain's influence there. There was a great battle between English and Spanish ships, but a storm finally washed the Spanish away. It took 3 centuries for Spanish influence to be completely degraded, but this was a major step.

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Sponsored by the Virginia Company, about one hundred men traveled to the New World from England. They landed in the Chesapeake bay, creating the settlement Jamestown. This is the first seed of what is now the US.