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Everybody knows that Cristóbal Colón discovered America in 1492 and now it's time to know

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how Colón got to a new continent and what happened afterwards.

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Colón was an Italian sailor and explorer and he thought the earth was round so he wanted

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to sail to India but going westwards.

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Most people at that time believed the earth was flat so when he asked the monarchs in

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Portugal for money to start his trip to India they said nope, sorry, but you cannot go to

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India sailing to the west.

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When Portugal rejected his expedition, Colón asked the Spanish monarchs.

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Although Fernando was not very convinced, Isabel liked the idea so the Reyes Católicos

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gave Colón everything he needed to start the trip.

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On the 3rd of August of 1492, Colón left Huelva.

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He arrived to the new continent on October the 12th.

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He traveled with three caravels called La Niña, La Pinta and La Santa María.

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When the Spanish landed in America they found different groups of people who lived there.

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The main civilizations were the following.

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The Mayans were organized in independent cities.

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Each city had a leader.

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They believed in a lot of gods and they were very good at mathematics and astronomy.

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The Aztecs had an emperor and they also believed in different gods.

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Incas believed in gods like the sun god or the moon goddess and they believed their emperor

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was the son of the sun god.

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After Colón's first trip to America, the Spanish wanted to conquer the whole territory.

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Hernán Cortés conquered the Aztec Empire and the Mayan cities between the years 1519

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and 1521 and Francisco Pizarro conquered the Inca Empire in 1533.

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When Spain conquered most of the American continent, it became the most powerful empire

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in Europe and trade increased.

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The Spanish brought coffee and horses to America and they took potatoes, tomatoes, cocoa and

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gold and silver from the new continent and brought it to Spain.

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The Spanish also brought to America the Spanish language and the Christian religion.