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Nolan Johnson Age of Discovery and Expansion


 * 1) "Gold, God, and Glory"
 * 2) Imperialism
 * 3) New navigational techniques
 * 4) growing knowledge of wind patterns in Atlantic ocean
 * 5) Henry the Navigator sails of Portugal
 * 6) Portugal seeks ally against muslims
 * 7) Vasco da Gama rounds Cape of Good Hope in search of spices
 * 8) Christopher Columbus discovered parts of the New World- Bahamas, Cuba
 * 9) Magellan first to circumnavigate the globe
 * 10) Treaty of Tordesillas divides up the New World
 * 11) Hernan Cortes conquers Aztecs at Tenochitlan
 * 12) Pizarro Conquers Inca Empire
 * 13) Spanish Encomienda is unfair for natives
 * 14) Europe brings smallpox, measels, and typhus to the new world
 * 15) Price Revolution in Spanish Economy because of rapid discovery of silver and Gold
 * 16) European Rivalvries Deepened
 * 17) Reinforcement of Christian's that they must spread religion
 * 18) Ancient social structures and culture destroyed
 * 19) Catholocism in New World
 * 20) European desire for spices