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__GROUP MEMBERS:__ Alecia Christiano, Evan Angels, Cayla Tocci.

__TOPICS:__ Scientific Revolution During the Scientific Revolution many people didn’t agree with the Catholic Church. Martin Luther didn’t agree with how the church was run so he wrote the 95 thesis which he nailed to the church door which upset the church a lot. The church believed in the geocentric model where the Earth was the center of the universe. Ptolemy was the first scientist to disagree with the church. He believed in the heliocentric model where the sun was the center of the universe. Isaac Newton tired to prove this theory by using experiments. He watched and apple fall from a tree and suddenly understood the concept of gravity.

Age of Exploration: Many people think that Chris Columbus was the first to discover America but that’s not true. Erik the Red was the leader of the Vikings and they discovered America many years earlier. In 1492 Columbus set out with 3 motivations, which were to spread Christianity, get rich, and learn. He wanted to find a route to the Spice Islands so he could take pepper back to Spain and make a big profit on it but he ended up landing in the Bahamas. There he started the encomienda system where he enslaved the natives there and made them bring him gold and farm crops that they would then send back to Spain. These crops would be made in to products that would then be sold back to the Indians for money. Spain and Portugal were fighting over the land so Pope Alexander drew the line of demarcation. Spain got everything on the west side of the line and Portugal got everything on the east of the line which was only Brazil.

Portugal: Prince Henry set out to find a water route from Portugal to the Spice Islands. He died on his quest and Vasco De Gama took over. He rounded the tip of Africa and named it the Cape of Good Hope. Bartholome Dias would start on a new voyage after De Gama returned and made it to the Spice Islands.

Spain: King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, of Spain, gave Columbus 3 ships that were called the Nina, Pinta and the Santa Maria. He got the ships so he could try to find a water route to the Spice Islands going west.

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