In this agreement, the Pope established a Line of Demarcation. Both countries came to an agreement that Spain would take all territory/land West of the line and Portugal the East (including part of Brazil) to explore and claim.
The settlement of the frontier has defined American History.
C is an example of an unconstitutional act. NO state can enter into a treaty with another country<span />
Go back to North America. Give the colonists some representation in Parliament and a little more ‘freedom’ to rule and re-write laws and economic policies (taxes). This would have appeased some of the revolutionary leaders and most of the common people. This may have led to a diplomatic, not militaristic, resolution to the grievances of the colonies that were eventually written in the Dec. of Indep.