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__TOPICS:__ SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION

Early on in the Scientific Revolution, Martin Luther posted the “95 Theses,” on the doors of a church. It was a list of complaints that he had against the Church. He was than excommunicated from the Catholic Church. Years later, Ptolemy thought that the sun revolved around the earth, and since no one had the proof that his idea was wrong they all believed it. Copernicus than stated that the sun is in the center of the universe, otherwise known as heliocentric. Galileo supported his idea, and he tried to spread the news. Also, since people often wondered why they wouldn’t fall off the earth when it spun on its axis Isaac Newton came up with the idea of gravity. This than explained it all. AGE OF EXPLORATION

During the Age of Exploration, many explorers set sail. The Age of Exploration started when pepper was being sold in the Americas. Many people wanted it. They had other motivations for exploring the new world, such as gold, glory, and god. When they reached the new world, they were under a forced labor system called the Encomienda. Erik the Red and the Vikings were the first of these explorers, in about the 1000’s. They were actually the first sailors to reach the Americas. Christopher Columbus, and explorer from Spain, set sail in 1492 to India, but landed in the Bahamas instead. Prince Henry set sail to Africa to form an alliance with Prester John, a Christian African ruler. He sailed around the southern tip of Africa while on the seas, and Bartholemeu Dias later called it the Cape of Good Hope, because it led a convenient sea trade route to Asia. Almost 40 years later, Vasco de Gama sailed four ships around the Cape of Good Hope on his journey from Portugal to India.



PORTUGAL

Portugal had a big part to play in the Age of Exploration. Portugal sent conquistadors to Brazil for Gold, Glory, and God. Eventually they started to clash with the Spanish for land, and Pope Alexander created the Line of Demarkation. He did this so that the two areas would stop fighting.



SPAIN

Spain sent explorers out into the unknown world in 1492. One of those explorers was Christopher Colombus. He was sent by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. He was trying to find The Spice Islands of the East. What he found shocked both Spain and the rest of the world.



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