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    The two countries disputed over the ownership of this "newly discovered" land. Pope Alexander I, who was Spanish, issued a decree to establish an imaginary line. King John II of Portugal was unsatisfied with the treaty because it gave Spain more land. The new agreement reestablished the line 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands.

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    The two countries disputed over the ownership of this "newly discovered" land. Pope Alexander I, who was Spanish, issued a decree to establish an imaginary line. King John II of Portugal was unsatisfied with the treaty because it gave Spain more land. The new agreement reestablished the line 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands.

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    Sophia Shams

    Kelly Monaghan
    Laila Kamel

    September 8, 2015

    Period 1 Dutton

    AnEssayontheTreatyofTordesillas
    AfterwordofColumbusdiscoveryoftheAmericasreachedbacktoEurope,
    conflictsoonrosebetweenPortugalandSpain.Thetwocountriesdisputedoverthe
    ownershipofthisnewlydiscoveredlandandbothwantedcontroloverit.OnMay4,
    1493,PopeAlexanderI,whowasSpanish,issuedadecreetoestablishanimaginaryline
    runningnorthandsouththroughthemidAtlanticOcean,100leaguesfromtheCape
    Verdeislands.Thisdemarcationwouldseparatethenewworldintwosections.Spain
    wouldhavecontrolovertheterritoriestothewestofthelineandPortugalwouldhave
    controlovertheterritoriestotheeastoftheline.Thissettlement,however,gaveSpain
    muchmorelandthanPortugal.KingJohnIIofPortugalwasunsatisfiedwiththetreaty
    becauseitgaveSpainmoreland,itpreventedPortugalfromhavingclaimoverIndia,and
    becauseitgaveSpaincontroloverpartofPortugalstraderoutedownthecoastofAfrica.
    KingJohnIInegotiatedwithKingFerdinandandQueenIsabellaofSpaintomoveline
    westward.In1494,thelinewasrenegotiatedandanewagreementwasratified.Thenew
    agreementreestablishedtheline370leagueswestoftheCapeVerdeIslands.This
    ratificationtookplaceintheSpanishtownofTordesillasandwasratifiedbyPopeJulius
    II.Underthenewagreement,PortugalclaimedcontrolofwhatisknowntodayasBrazil,
    whileSpainlaidclaimovertheotherSouthernAmericancountriesandtheCaribbean.
    Atfirst,thetreatyfavoredSpaineconomically.Westoftheimaginaryline
    includedtheAztecsandIncas.SpainclaimedtheseareasandestablishedSpanish
    coloniesinthemthatproducedlotsofwealthyrichessuchassilverandgold.The
    Portuguese,however,didnotfindasmuchwealthintheterritorygiventothem.The

    Sophia Shams
    Kelly Monaghan
    Laila Kamel

    September 8, 2015

    Period 1 Dutton

    affectfrommovingthedemarcationcanbeseeinhowtodayBrazilistheonly
    PortuguesespeakingcountryoftheAmericas.SouthAmericaandtheCaribbean,
    however,areallSpanishspeaking.AlthoughthetreatyfavoredSpainonpeople,itdid
    notserveitspurpose.Europeancountriesdidnotrecognizetheguidelinessetbythe
    treatyandinsteadproceededstraightthroughwiththeirexplorations.TheSpanishdidnot
    evenresistPortugalsexpansionofBrazil,butdidhoweverdisputePortuguesesattempts
    ofexpansioninAsia.Between1580and1640thetreatywasnotatallenforcedsinceat
    thistimetheSpanishKingwasalsothePortugueseKing.Thetreatycontinuedtobe
    ignoredasSpainandPortugalspowerintheNewWorlddeclinedandotherEuropean
    countriescolonizedandstakedtheirclaiminNewWorld.

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