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Treaty of Tordesillas

In 1494 Spain and Portugal were disputing the lands of the new world, so the Spanish went to the Pope, and he divided the land of South America for them. Spain got the vast majority, the west, and Portugal got the east.

Subject: 
US History [1]
Vocabulary: 
Chapter 1 - New World Beginnings [2]
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