In the late 1400s and 1500s, the main reason for exploration in the New World was the need for alternate trade routes. They have no idea the Americas even existed, however.
Church officials working in the inquisition burned alive both Renaissance scholars and leaders such as Corpernicus, Martin Luther, and Galileo Galilei.
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The strait of Magellan connects the Pacific, and the Atlantic Oceans.
Not just Equal pay, they pushed for equal rights. They wanted to be mans equal, by protesting, violence, etc.
During the wake of The Civil War the North had sustained very little destruction compared to the South.