Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 at Genoa. Genoa is a sea dock that was on the Ligurian sea. christopher columbus wasn’t his real name. His real name was Christoforo colombo. When he reached the Americas they have translated it to christopher columbus. Christopher columbus had two brothers that he was older than the both of them. Christopher columbus had only a little education that which had at his age at that time. Genoa was a busy sea dock and Christopher had learned a lot from the sailors
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Patrick Richman Priovolos B Block May 22‚ 2024. Spanish Rule in the Americas In 1492‚ Christopher Columbus departed from Parlos de Frontera‚ in the hope of finding a new land full of valuable resources. In October of 1492‚ his ship reached an island in the Bahamas‚ where he was greeted by local natives. As he and the passengers of his crew explored the land‚ they found new items they’d never seen before and an opportunity on the ground. Later‚ he reported this news to the king and queen of the
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marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella‚ medieval Spain was divided into two large Kingdoms‚ the Kingdom of Castile and the Kingdom of Aragon‚ and the marriage of the two royals unified The Spanish people together. However‚ the land controlled by the Kingdom of Spain was not even a hundred years removed from Moorish control. Furthermore‚ the Spanish people shared a relatively common language with different regional dialects‚ but each region was autonomous for a centuries. Isabel and Ferdinand realized
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these leaders rise. Most of the “new monarchs” that arose during 1450 to 1550. In England‚ King Henry VII taking major steps in building the economy‚ causing a downshift in noble’s power‚ Spain’s monarchy came to power through the marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella‚ France’s Louis XI earned his power by playing mind games‚ happily snatching the power away from nobles. King Henry VII who supposedly became the “new monarch” of England‚ began his era after the end of civil war‚ also known as the (1)‘Wars
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during the late 15th century to the year 1614‚ when the remaining Muslim population was expelled from the Iberian Peninsula. In the early 16th century‚ Catholic kings Ferdinand and Isabella had already expelled the Jews from Spain in 1492‚ which was the year in which they acquired the Islamic Kingdom of Granada; King Ferdinand and Isabella made all of the Muslims living in the territories of the Crown of Castile convert to Christianity. In 1526‚ the same action was extended to convert Muslims of Aragon
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Jews have always been oppressed and exiled throughout history‚ dating back to 135 B.C. The expulsion of Jews in Spain during 1492 was a direct result of The Inquisition in the early present period in 1478. It was an everlasting papal judicial institution of the Roman Catholic Church that was to eliminate deviations‚ initially affecting people that had relations with alchemy‚ sorcery‚ and witchcraft‚ also it was dealing with unorthodox groups like the Cathars and later with reverted converts or “heretics”
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| Location | Americas | Date | Between 1492 and 1506 | Result | European exploration of the Americas | In the early modern period‚ the voyages of Columbus initiated European exploration and colonization of the American continents‚ and are thus of great significance in world history. Christopher Columbus was a navigator and an admiral for Castile‚ a country that later founded modern Spain. He made four voyages to the Americas‚ with his first in 1492‚ which resulted in what is widely referred
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settling of the Americas. Columbus was born in Genoa‚ Italy 1451. Columbus spent years trying to convince someone to pay for his voyage. He was able to convince Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain to pay for the trip. He set sail on August 12‚ 1492 with three ships named the Nina‚ the Pinta‚ and the Santa Maria. On October 12‚ 1492 land was found. It was an island in the Bahamas that Columbus would name San Salvador. Christopher Columbus died in May 20‚ 1506. He died never knowing he landed in
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In 1492‚ Christopher Columbus was sailing for King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain‚ he landed on the islands in the Caribbean. He thought he landed on an island in the Indies‚ but really found the island of Hispaniola which is present day Haiti and the Dominican Republic. He saw the native people and the plants they grew such as peanuts‚ sweet potatoes‚ and tobacco. On his second sail to the islands‚ Columbus brought back saplings of the plants and animals with him. This sparked new global
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New Monarchies‚ which were very powerful centralized governments with unified inhabitants‚ start emerging in the mid-15th century. Factors responsible for this advance were the vast demographic and economic growth. Before these New Monarchies were formed there were many changes the new monarchs had to make: including weakening powerful rivals‚ increasing revenue‚ unifying the country‚ and strengthening the power of the king and his bureaucracy. Three countries successful in strengthening themselves
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