On May 8, 1541, south of present-day Memphis, Tennessee, Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto<span> reaches the Mississippi River, one of the first European explorers to ever do so.
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monarchs expanded royal authority and laid the foundations for united nation-states. They jealously guarded their rights and privileges against any effort by rulers to increase royal authority. Monarchs used various means to centralize power.
Explanation:
Territorial Acquisition—this term simply means land that taken over by a country.
The Reformation created division within Europe. In Spain most people were Catholic. In the northern countries most people were Protestant. The Holy Roman Empire was a patchwork of small kingdoms, some Catholic.
