Spanish Colonial Period Flashcards
he appealed to Pope Nicholas V to confer all their discovered lands in their Portugal voyage in 1945
Henry the Navigator (1394-1460)
He promised to spread the Christian faith to non-believers.
Henry the Navigator (1394-1460)
issued a papal bull called Romanus Pontifex
Pope Nicholas V
Pope Nicholas V issued a papal bull called
Romanus Pontifex
A papal bull that gave Portugal title to all African territories that has been acquired and will be acquired in the future.
Romanus Pontifex
It says that anyone who would go against the Portugal’s rights would be excommunicated from the Church.
Romanus Pontifex
Anyone who would go against ___________ would be excommunicated from the Church.
Portugal’s rights
Anyone who would go against the Portugal’s rights would be ___________
excommunicated from the Church.
Romanus Pontifex gave _______ title to all African territories that has been acquired and will be acquired in the future.
Portugal
Romanus Pontifex gave Portugal ________ that has been acquired and will be acquired in the future.
title to all African territories
Persuaded King Ferdinand of Aragon and Queen Isabella of Castile to fund his expedition to locate a western route to Asia.
Christopher Columbus (1451-1506)
Christopher Columbus hopes that the trade to Asia would ___________
benefit him and the Spain
Columbus’ downfall in the Caribbean provoked questions about the _______________.
newly discovered lands
provoked questions about the newly discovered lands.
Columbus’ downfall in Caribbean
Spanish lawyers convinced Pope Alexander VI to Inter Caetera Divinae
on
May 4, 1493
A series of papal bull that confirmed Spain’s title to Columbus’ discovered lands.
Inter Cætera
Inter Cætera was declared by this pope
Pope Alexander VI
recognized King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella’s title to Columbus’ discovered new land area and new people.
First bull
conversion of the native inhabitants to Christianity
Second bull
The second bull in Inter Caetera established a line that ran pole to pole, __________________
one hundred leagues west of the Azores
The second bull inter caetera: gave Portugal with dominion over all of the undiscovered lands _____ of the imaginary line and gave Spain title to the lands _____ of the boundary
- east
- west
the title of the undiscovered lands east of the imaginary line were given dominion to _______ while the lands in the west of the line were given to ______
- Portugal
- Spain
Divide Portugal and Spain’s sphere of influence in the Americans
Treaty of Tordesillas (June 7, 1494)
With the approval of Pope Alexander, Spain and Portugal agreed to move the line of demarcation to _____________
270 leagues to the west of the Cape Verde Islands.