FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH EXPLORERS
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They were in competition to build colonies.
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England attacked Spain.
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They both wanted to be the first to sail around the world.
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Spain stole weapons from England.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Years of religious and political differences led up to the conflict between Catholic Spain and Protestant England. The Spanish saw England as a competitor in trade and expansion in the ‘New World’ of the Americas.
Detailed explanation-2: -Religious Difference Leads to Rivalries As Europeans settled in the Americas, they brought their religious conflicts with them. Queen Elizabeth encouraged English adventurers to raid Spanish colonies and capture Spanish treasure fleets. Protestant England also competed with Catholic France for lands in North America.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Anglo–Spanish War was a military conflict fought between Britain and Spain as part of the Seven Years’ War. It lasted from January 1762 until February 1763 when the Treaty of Paris brought it to an end.
Detailed explanation-4: -Historians generally recognize three motives for European exploration and colonization in the New World: God, gold, and glory.
Detailed explanation-5: -This rivalry created a crisis within the Catholic world as Spain and Portugal squared off in a battle for colonial supremacy. The Pope intervened and divided the New World with the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494.