Chapter 3: European Exploration and Colonization Trade Route to Asia in the 1400s European Trade With Asia Traders - people who get wealth by buying items from a group of people at a low price and selling those things to other people at higher prices. European countries use trade to gain wealth The stronger countries in Europe in the 1400s and 1500s England‚ Spain‚ France and Portugal. Kings and queens wanted to gain wealth - to build larger armies and navies to dominate other countries
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Young@Heart “Young@Heart” is a documentary that takes you to Northampton‚ MA‚ and presents a glimpse into the lives of the members of the Young at Heart Chorus. The setting is primarily in Northampton‚ MA‚ with several scenes of the beautiful New England countryside. The film‚ which was directed by Stephen Walker for the Fox Searchlight production company‚ opens with a scene from one of the group’s concert performances. The film’s opening images are of an old‚ gray-haired woman that is performing
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The Age of exploration was from the late 1400 to the 1700. It was a time period where many countries sought out new resources and trade routes. The two countries that were notorious in exploration during the Renaissance were Portugal and Spain. The Portuguese and Spanish were rivals in exploration. They were always competing with each other over who was better. Spanish exploration was more effective than Portuguese exploration because the Spanish went to land unexplored‚ colonised and made more voyages
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There are many different factors that led to the European exploration. Some of the factors were to spread the religion of Christianity‚ and to grow wealthy. To find new sources to help grow wealthy was the main reason for the European exploration. Some of the explores also felt their job was to convert non-Christians. The new technology developed allowed the European exploration to occur. A new ship was developed called the caravel‚ it allowed the ships to sail against the wind. Also the printing
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most favorite sport in portugal and brings a lot of joy to people. Soccer is a sport that Portugal has seen itself obtain a good degree of success on the international stage in recent years. The smaller size of Portugal means that there is less of a talent pool to choose from. At the same time‚ less economic prosperity means that the domestic teams struggle to retain locally developed talent who instead prefer to head to the bigger paychecks that can be found in Spain and England. soccer is the most
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Compared to several other countries‚ including the United States‚ Portugal has taken a very liberal approach to addressing the drug problem in their country. In the early 2000’s‚ Portugal moved to decriminalize all possession and use of drugs ranging from marijuana to heroin and cocaine. A lot of good has resulted from Portugal’s progressive drug policy. At first‚ many were skeptical about whether or not this new policy would work‚ or if it would actually exacerbate the drug problem. People also
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REWRITE The three colonial empires of Portugal‚ Spain‚ and England were the most dominate in the fight for land in the Americas. While the motivations for these three colonial empires were similar and all of the Native Americans and/or Africans saw the Spanish Portuguese and English as one brutally similar people‚ economic differences between the three of them would ensure that their colonies would develop in dramatically unique ways. Portugal was one of the‚ if not the only‚ technological
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The main reasons England won this struggle was because of the sudden downfall of the Spanish Empire‚ and England’s successful establishment of its colonies. Throughout the 16th‚ 17th‚ and 18th centuries‚ Spain maintained an impressive hold on American territory. As The American Pageant describes‚ they had attained a “sprawling empire from California to Florida to Tierra del Fuego”. Perhaps contributing to their success‚ the Spanish blended their culture with the Native Americans through marriage
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Rejected by Portugal three separate times (1484) The Nina‚ Pinta‚ and Santa Maria (1492)- Ended up somewhere in the Carribean Fucked shit up‚ killing people and stuff and it wasn’t even India Returned to Carribean many times‚ died clueless and poor Some people think he sucks New World Rivalry- Portugal and Spain Portugal wanted in on this‚ went to Pope (Vatican) for mediation on conflict The Treaty of Tordesillas (Pope Alexander VI 1494)- Spain had west half of S. America‚ Portugal had east
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In the late 15th century‚ there were five kingdoms in the Iberian Peninsula‚ Castile‚ Aragón‚ and‚ Navarre‚ the Muslim kingdom/in Granada. Spain’s government was a Monarchy; the people of Spain had to serve the King‚ Queen‚ and any other royalty. The King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile brought Castile and Aragon together. They were seen as strong Catholics during the time‚ those who refused to convert to Catholicism‚ were exiled. Granada was the first target that the King
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