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The Triangle Trade route was a trading system between North America, Europe, and Africa. This led to new ideas and ways of life being shared between the 3. This caused growth and huge development between the 3.

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The Treaty of Tordesillas was a peace agreement between Spain and Portugal which split the lad of the Americas among them. This led to the fighting to stop and peace was brought to Spain and Portugal.

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After Christopher Columbus "founded" the Americas Spain became dominate in taking control of that land and establishing colonies. While the English tired to settle colonies in America they were unsuccessful with the mysterious disappearance of the lost colony of Roanoke. But in !606 King James I granted the Virginia Company to settle in North America. About 100 people and 3 ships left in December of 1606 to go and settle in North America. This would soon grow into the first successful settlement the English had in America.

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The French and Indian war began in 1754 and ended in 1763 and was hence forth nicknamed "the 7 years war". This all pretty much started when Frances set out an expedition into the Ohio River valley which brought conflict with the claims of the British colonies and some small battles led out until the official British declaration of war in 1754. After 7 years of fighting this all ended with a peace conference in 1763 and the British received the territories of Canada from France and Florida from Spain. Which opened up the Mississippi valley to westward expansion

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In 1492 Christopher Columbus set out on a 2 month voyage to what he thought was going to be the East Indies. His ultimate goal was to find a shorter and faster way to the Indies but landed himself in the Americas. Columbus and his crew brought over many things for the natives including dieses. He then soon realized that they were more advanced then the natives so they forced them into slavery and made them work for them. This led to Europe becoming more advanced and being in higher power.

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Henry Hudson was an English explorer who navigated the Atlantic coast and what is now known as the Hudson Bay. This opened up new paths for the English to take. And allowed them to find new land

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Vasco De Gama was a Portuguese explorer who sailed around the southern tip of Africa which landed him in India. He gained many riches from this voyage and he inspired many other explorers to try to find new and faster ways to different land

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In 1519 Hernan Cortes reached the Mexican coast of Yucatan. The Spanish had discovered Mexico just a year prior. Their original goal was to make piece and settle there. Cortes was also interested in converting the natives to Christianity. But soon him and his crew found out the the Aztec were the main force/ruler of Mexico and made the decision to over throw them instead of making piece

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Hernan Cortes is from Medellin, Spain. He was important to the age of discovery because Cortes and his conquistadors were able to conquer the Aztec empire and bring their gold back to Spain

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Christopher Columbus is from Genoa, Italy. He was important to the age of discovery because even though he did many bad things to the Natives he still brought back many things that helped Europe grow to be more successful.