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Christopher Columbus was born in Italy but sailed for Spain. Columbus is famous for his expedition where he tried to sail to Asia but went the wrong way and found the Americas. Some people say he discovered America but there were already people living there so he didn't really. Him finding the New World resulted in lots of European colonization and trading.
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Vasco De Gama was from Portugal and sailed for Portugal. Vasco De Gama was the first person to sail from Europe to India. He created the first trade route between the two.

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Sir Francis Drake was born in the United Kingdom and sailed for the United Kingdom. Sir Francis Drake is also known for circumnavigating the globe and destroying ships that crossed their path. He was also a main part in defeating the Spanish Armada, helping england expand their land

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Hernan Cortes was born in Spain and was a Spanish conquistador. Hernan Cortes conquered the Aztecs and claiming Mexico for Spain. He was the reason for thousands of deaths.

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Ferdinand was born in Portugal  but sailed for Spain. Magellan is famous for the strait he discovered called the strait of Magellan, it connects the Atlantic and Pacific ocean. He also was the first person to accomplish a expedition of circumnavigating the globe.

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Cortes conquered the Aztecs in February 1519. It was led by Hernan Cortes the Spanish Conquistador and a army of 500 of his people and help from an ally. This allowed Spain to control the land and gain power and later leading to the transformation of the Americas.

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Jamestown was found May 14 1607. It was founded by the London Company. Jamestown was the first successful permanent english settlement in what would later become the united states.

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Columbus reached the Americas August 3rd, 1492. The expedition was paid for by the king of Spain, King Ferdinand II. Columbus finding America is one of the most important events of all time. It caused European colonization of the land and all new resources to be used and trade. Sadly It did also lead to a lot of human exploitation and stealing the land of the Natives

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The conquer of Inca happened in November 16, 1532. Pizarro conquered Inca for Spain. People say this conquest was so important because it gave Spain even more land and power and because it led to a number of other spin off conquests that resulted in the campaigns into modern day places

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The French and Indian war also known as the 7 year war started in 1756 and ended in 1763. The conflict was between Britain and France. The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America but it cost a lot of money meaning they had to raise the taxes. Raising the taxes led to the American Revolution, the creation of the United States.

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The map is called the triangle trade route because the routes go Americas to Europe, Europe to Africa and Africa to Americas,it forms a triangle. Many goods were using this route, Americas gave many natural resources and cash crops to Europe, Europe would then trade with Africa and send slaves to the Americas.

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Most of the Americas were claimed by Europe countries. The main land owners were British, Spanish, Portugal, and French. It shows how much competition it was to get the most land possible and caused many wars/fights to conquer land. All this land was taken by the natives.

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