The Treaty of Tordesillas was the commitment subscribed in the town of Tordesillas, located in the current province of Valladolid, Spain, on June 7, 1494, between the representatives of Isabella and Ferdinand, kings of Castile and Aragon, by one part, and those of King Juan II of Portugal, on the other, by virtue of which a division of the navigation and conquest zones of the Atlantic Ocean and the New World was established by a line located 370 leagues west of the islands of Cape Verde, in order to avoid conflict of interests between the Hispanic Monarchy and the Kingdom of Portugal. In practice this treaty guaranteed the Portuguese kingdom that the Spaniards would not interfere in their route of the Cape of Good Hope, and vice versa the first would not do so in the recently discovered Antilles.
The Treaty of Tordesillas benefited especially Spain and Portugal because this treaty allowed these two countries to expand towards Latin America and the Caribbean.
Explanation:
The Treaty of Tordesillas importantly benefited Spain in terms of Economy because the Spanish colonies found silver and gold which gave to these colonies a lot of wealth. However, the Portuguese did not find such wealth.
Thus, there were some cultural implications regarding the future relationships with Latin America and the Caribbean because there were some Spanish-speaking regions on the West, and Brazil was the only country which had adopted Portuguese as its official language.
However, the Treaty was never recognized by other European countries that decided to make their explorations in the western hemisphere.
Between 1980 and 1990, nearly 590,000 refugees from Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos) were admitted into the U.S. More than 30,000 Hungarians were admitted under the Hungarian Refugee Act of 1958 while almost same number (more than 30,000) Cubans were admitted to the U.S since world war ii and through the 1980s.
Answer: The war officially ended with the February 2, 1848, signing in Mexico of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Mexico gave up all claims to Texas and recognized the Rio Grande as America's southern boundary.
The involvement of the United States in Yom Kippur War led into an oil embargo that shocked everyone. The price of oil are shockingly high from $3 to $12 in no time. The supply were not equally given to the demand of the consumers.
