On June 7, 1494, the governments of Spain and Portugal agreed to the Treaty of Tordesillas, named for the city in Spain in which it was created. The Treaty of Tordesillas neatly divided the “New World” of the Americas between the two superpowers. All lands west of that line were claimed by Spain.

The Treaty of Tordesillas was a treaty between Portugal and Spain in 1494 in which they decided to divide up all the land in the Americas between the two of them, no matter who was already living there. This treaty took place during the age of discovery and was one a very important part of it.

The Treaty of Tordesillas was agreed upon by the Spanish and the Portuguese to clear up confusion on newly claimed land in the New World. The early 1400s brought about great advances in European exploration. The Portuguese also wanted to protect their monopoly on the trade route to Africa and felt threatened. …

The Treaty of Tordesillas was in effect for almost 300 years, with the exception of 1580 to 1640 when the crowns of Spain and Portugal were united. It was superseded in the second half of the Eighteenth Century, by the Treaty of Madrid in 1750 and finally the Treaty of San Ildefonso in 1777.

The treaty worked out well for the Spanish and Portuguese empires, but less so for the 50 million people already living in established communities in the Americas. On June 7, 1494, the governments of Spain and Portugal agreed to the Treaty of Tordesillas. This treaty divided the “New World” of the Americas.

This division was unfair because as you can see from the map that gives Portugal almost no land. Portugal is angered so they offer a treaty with King Ferdinand of Spain.

When they came to an agreement, they signed the Treaty of Tordesillas. The most important result of this treaty was that Central and South America were divided up between Portugal and Spain. Spain got most of the land, but the line was far enough west to give Brazil to Portugal.

The most important result of the Treaty of Tordesillas was that the area that we now call Latin America was divided up between Spain and Portugal. The most important result of this treaty was that Central and South America were divided up between Portugal and Spain.

The long term consequences were territorial, linguistic, and cultural. The lands explored by Portugal, primarily the current nation of Brazil, were…

Originally Answered: Why didn’t the Spanish colonize Brazil? Basically because Brazil bulges out onto the Portuguese (East) side of the line dividing the world between Spain and Portugal in the Treaty of Tordesillas. It was the ‘Treaty of Tordesillas’.

Natural barriers like the Amazon, rivers, and the Andes would have made conquest of the continent more difficult that what you are thinking. It would take prolonged campaigns over decades to conquer the territory.

The country expanded south along the coast and west along the Amazon and other inland rivers from the original 15 donatary captaincy colonies established on the northeast Atlantic coast east of the Tordesillas Line of 1494 (approximately the 46th meridian west) that divided the Portuguese domain to the east from the …

The history of Spanish exploration begins with the history of Spain itself. During the fifteenth century, Spain hoped to gain advantage over its rival, Portugal. Their goals were to expand Catholicism and to gain a commercial advantage over Portugal.

Since Portugal and Spain share the same peninsula, their landscapes and climate are similar. Geographically, Portugal is defined by its long coastline, making it abound with beaches. The north of the country is mountainous and wet while the south is drier and has rolling plains with many beaches near the Algarve.

You might wander why did Spain and Portugal want to explore the Americas in the first place. Well, there were several reasons. 1. Spread Christianity to non-Christian lands by using missionaries to convert Native Americans to Christianity.

Beginning with the 1492 arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Caribbean and gaining control over more territory for over three centuries, the Spanish Empire would expand across the Caribbean Islands, half of South America, most of Central America and much of North America.

Spain proffered three arguments to justify their seizure of the American continents and their subjugation of the native inhabitants: papal donation, discovery, and conquest. This papal donation was a significant argument for title so long as the Catholic Church remained the only spiritual authority in Europe.

Spaniards

Very few countries have never been either a colonizing power or become colonized. They include Saudi Arabia, Iran, Thailand, China, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, and Ethiopia. Despite never becoming fully colonized, many of these countries had to fight back attempts at colonization.

Spain lost her possessions on the mainland of America with the independence movements of the early 19th century, during the power vacuum of the Peninsula War. At the end of the century most of the remaining Spanish Empire ( Cuba, Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam ) was lost in the Spanish American War in 1898.

During the 16th century, Spain became the most powerful nation in Europe, due to the immense wealth derived from their possessions in the Americas. The steady decline of Spanish power in Europe began at the end of the 16th century, in the 19th century Spain suffered the loss of most of its colonies.

Through exploration and conquest, Spain became a world power in the 16th century, and maintained a vast overseas empire until the 19th century. Since General Franco’s death in 1975, Spain has made the transition to democracy, and built a modern economy.

United States

• 1) USA. The United States has been the most powerful country in the world for close to a century; not surprisingly, 2014 saw no change.
• 2) Germany. Not since the 1940s has Germany played such an important role in world politics.
• 4) Japan.
• 5) Russia.
• 6) India.
• 7) Saudi Arabia.