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__GROUP MEMBERS: Rosemary,James, & Nikki__

__TOPICS:__ SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION - Martin Luther was the founder of Lutherism. His religion started to take a positive turn during the scientific revolution. Ptolemy was the first astronomer to try and prove that the geocentric model was correct. On the other hand, Copernicus believed in the heliocentric model. In order for the planets to “float” in space, the theory of gravity had to be discovered. This is where Isaac Newton comes into play. Isaac Newton was an English astronomer who discovered gravity after an apple fell on his head.

AGE OF EXPLORATION - The line of Demarcation was drawn after Christopher Columbus discovered the new world. Sailors during this time had many motivations to find pepper and avoid the Vikings; such as Erik the Red. Pope Alexander drew the line of Demarcation because he wanted to divide the newly found land between Portugal and Spain. The Portuguese, then set out to find a new route by sailing far east around the tip of Africa. The Encomienda system was when colonies would transport good to their mother countries for them to be finished and sold back to the colonies for profit.

PORTUGAL - Prince Henry sent Bartholomew Dias to find a water route to India by sailing around Africa. Dias landed in the Cape of Good Hope and sailed back. When Vasco De Gama took the same route he made it to India. When Portugal sailed to the new world they were given land that is now called Brazil. SPAIN - Queen Isabella & King Ferdinand of Spain, paid for Christopher Columbus’s trip to the new world.