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__GROUP MEMBERS:__ Ashely Martino Sophie Du Bobby Kalb

__TOPICS:__ Scientific Revolution: It was the time when everyone looked for proof. Back then everyone agreed with Ptolemy that the Sun was in the center. Copernicus believed that Ptolemy wrong by saying that the Earth was in the center instead of the Sun. The belief that the Earth is in the center is called geocentric. Heliocentric is the belief that the Sun was in the center. Then Galileo actually proved the heliocentric wrong. He was convicted of heresy and was sent to house arrest. After Galileo died, Newton was born. He discovered gravity. He proved that everythign falls at the same rate when people believed that heaviers things fell quicker.

Age of Exploration: Prince Henry from Portugal wanted to sail to India with a new route. He wanted to go around Africa to India to get peppers. When he died, Bartholomeu Dias followed his exploration. He made it to the tip of Africa and called the route Cape of Good Hope. After him, Vasco de Gama was the first to sail to India around Africa. Then Spain joined in. Both countries wanted to explore because of three reasons. God, gold, and glory. Then, in Spain Christopher Columbus thought of a new route. He wanted to sail west to India. He sailed and landed what he thought was India but was really the Bahamas. Portugal also sailed and wanted the land. Pope Alexander drew the Line of Demarcation that split the new land between the two countries. Christopher Columbus thought that he was the first to be there. In reality he wasn’t. The Vikings were the first one. Erik the Red first explored the land.

Portugal: Prince Henry was the ruler of Portugal. Prince Henry wanted to find a new route to India for spices. He was the first to sail but he never finished because he died. Many other sailors followed after him. Portugal was the first to find a new route to India. After Christopher Columbus found the New World and Portugal wanted land. Pope Alexander drew the Line of Demarcation splinting the New World between Spain and Portugal. Portugal got what is now called Brazil.

Spain: Isabella and Ferdinand were the rulers of Spain. Isabella and Ferdinand supported Christopher Columbus to sail west to India. They supplied him with food and money. Also they gave him three ships. The Nina the Pinta and the Santa Maria. Columbus got to land and thought it was India, but it was really the Bahamas. He went back four times bringing many goods and gold back to Spain. Isabella and Ferdinand very rich. Martin Luther was convicted of heresy because he wrote the 95 Thesis. He went against the Catholic religion. He was kicked out of Spain. =back=