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The Treaty of Tordesillas was an agreement with Portugal and Spain. This Treaty was caused because there was some confusion on the New World and which part was which. The effect of the line is that people today speak different languages in different parts of South America.

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The Ferdinand Magellan's Voyage was the first voyage to circumnavigate the globe. The cause of this voyage was because magellan really wanted to get spices from South-Asia. The effect from his voyage is that spices was traded to Europe from South-Asia.

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The cause of the Triangle Trade route is that when Europe and North America traded they needed slaves to work to get the cash crops. The effect is that North America lost population and Europe gained population.

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Magellan was born in Portugal and represented Spain for 25 years later. Magellan discovered the Philippines and also introduced Christianity to them. This impacts today because people in the Philippines mostly practice Christianity.

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The Spaniards were the main group of people involved for the Encomienda system being abolished. This was very significant back when this happened because the crown stood up for the slaves and said that this was not right. The Encomienda system was the conquistadors getting land and labor in the new world. Back then slaves were a very common thing and so when people with great power said something isn't right that means a lot.

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Christopher Columbus represented Spain when he went to the new world. What made Columbus so significant is because he is the reason the Europeans colonized in the New world and also he used the natives to get gold and when he didn't get gold he would cut off the natives hands.

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Sir Francis Drake was the first person to circumnavigate the globe which doesn't mean much to people today. Drake also fought a lot of people from the Spanish which slowed them down and could never fully recover which leads to the English Dominance. If the Spanish are struggling back at home then they can't really explore that much in the New World letting the English Explore and claim more land. In the States today, most people speak english because England had dominance in this country.

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Hernan Cortes came from Spain. Cortes was significant because he conquered the Aztecs and most of Mexico with representing Spain. This impacts today because now people in Mexico speak Spanish and Spanish comes from spain.

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While representing Portugal Vasco Da Gama went to the east Africa ended up being in India. They found a large amount of spices to take back home and trading things they had back in portugal. When Europe got Spices made it so spices traveled around the world letting people in the New World having a better tasting meal with spices.

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Jamestown is the first English settlement in the New World. The people involved are Pocahontas, John Smith, and William Berkeley were a couple of people. Jamestown doesn't directly affect people today but it is a start of something big and when they failed as a settlement a lot of people learned how to move on and make a better city/ settlement. The significance for people who lived in England back when they founded Jamestown gave them hope to actually make a country.

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Cortes was the main person related to the conquering of the Aztec Empire. This is very important to Spain back then because conquering the Aztecs gave them a lot of gold and land in the new world. This event is significant to today because the catholic religion spread in Aztec (Mexico today). In mexico the main religion practiced is Roman Catholic.

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/16jkvEMJmh1zAdsob92orFfSCJ4xUy_0jkbt8TkBrYz0

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The main people responsible were Christopher Columbus and his crew. This event is significant because the Europeans had control of the New World. Columbus reaching America lead to the natives population decreasing because of how Columbus used them.