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is when prince henry sponsors portugese explorers, his navigaotr discovered and claimed the maderia and azores islands to the west and south west of portugal
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is when prince henry the found a navigation school on the southwetern coast portugal .
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is when the first european ship to sail around the south coast of africa on up along the east coast .
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is when christopher coloumbus discovered the caribbean islands because he underestimated the size of earth. so when he reached the carribean islands he thought he reached the east indies
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jan 01 , 1493 is when the columbian exchange began , christopher columbus brought nearly 1,200 settlers and a variety of european animals and plants european found new foods and transported them back to the old world . the columbian exchange help europeans have food to eat
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is when vasco de gama reaches india he takes four ships , sailed around the cape of good hope that was previously discovered by barthalomeau dias to india .
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is when a flood of spanish settlers and missionaries followed the conquisda
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in 1519 hernan cortes conqueres the aztecs , hernan cortes began an inland trek with 600 men , 16 horses and a few cannons toward the aztec capital , tenochtitlan . finally in 1521 , cortes and his indian allies captured and demolished tenochitlan .
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hernando de soto is a spanish explorer who sailed the atlantic ocean and was the first european to explore florida and the southeastern u.s
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when the commercial revolution was the opening of direct links with asia , africa , and the americans that had for reaching economic consequences for europeans and all colonies
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the triangular trade across the atlantic was a series of trade routes that linked europe , africa , and the americans
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england began concetrating on establishing colonies along eastern seaboard .
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Jacques Marette & Louis Joliet found the mississippi river . the travelled along lake michigan to green bay , to fox river , and the wisconsin river to the mississippi river .
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robert de la salle as a french explorer who was sent by king louis XIV to travel south from canada and sail down the mississippi river , to the gulf of mexico .
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the treaty of paris officialy the world wide ar between the british and french .