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October 28, 1492, and the northern coast of Hispaniola, present day Haiti and Dominican Republic, by December 5. Here, the Santa Maria ran aground on Christmas morning, December 25, 1492 and had to be abandoned. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyages_of_Christopher_Columbus
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he challenged the native forces and entered Tenochititlan, taking the Aztec leader, Montezuma, hostage. This event led to an Aztec uprising that culminated in La Noche Triste. http://www.thenagain.info/webchron/americas/cortes.cp.html
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The Church became so angry - the Geocentric theory made human beings seem closer to God and since earth was in the center that meant humans were more special. The heliocentric theory changed that perspective completely, making humans lose that position in the universe.
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England's system of government became a constituational monarcy; a system of governing in which a ruler's power is limited by law.
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A group of 104 English men and boys began a settlement on the banks of Virginia's James River. They were sponsored by the Virginia Company of London, whose stockholders hoped to make a profit from the resources of the New World. http://www.historyisfun.org/jamestown-settlement.htm
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He sought to eliminate the remnants of feudalism persisting in parts of France and, by compelling the noble elite to inhabit his lavish Palace of Versailles, succeeded in pacifying the aristocracy, many members of which had participated in the Fronde rebellion during Louis' minority. By these means he consolidated a system of absolute monarchical rule in France that endured until the French Revolution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XIV_of_France
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He traveled to Europe to study new developments in technology mostly ship building.
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In the 1770's, the social and political system of France was called the Old Regime. Under this system, the people of France were divided into three large social classes, or estates.
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French power rose quickly as Napoleon's armies conquered much of Europe but collapsed rapidly after France's disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars
