What did the Treaty of Tordesillas do?

Answer 1

The Treaty of Tordesillas defined which areas of the new world that belonged to Spain and Portugal.
The treaty established the line of demarcation between the lands the Spanish and Portuguese could colonize.
The Treaty of Tordesillas between the Spanish and the Portuguese, was to clear up confusion on newly claimed land in the New World following Christopher Columbus's finding of a New World. The early 1400s brought about great advances in European exploration. In order make trade more efficient, Portugal attempted to find a direct water route to the India and China. By using a direct water route, Arab merchants, who owned land trade routes, were not able to make a profit off of the European trade merchants. After Columbus founded the New World in 1492, it was clear that conflict would soon arise over land claims by Spain and Portugal as the Portuguese wanted to protect their monopoly on the trade route to Africa. It was only after the realization that Columbus had found something big, that land became the important issue as it became a potential goldmine. for all European nations.
The Treaty of Tordesillas of 1494 was a treaty that divided all the newly discovered lands outside of Europe between Spain and Portugal.

The line of demarcation was roughly halfway between the Cape Verde Islands (discovered by the Portuguese in 1462) and the islands recently discovered by Columbus The Land to the east of this line were to belong to the Portuguese and land to the west were Spanish.

Answer 2

The treaty of Tordesillas was about the expansionist aims of the Iberian peninsula (Portugal and Spain). Portugal had already started gaining land/colonies in 1415 (Ceuta), as had Spain. Both crowns wanted to expand to gain money for the crown and increase trading profits.

The treaty of tordesillas was a negotiation of a previous papal bull (Papal bulls were decrees issued by the Catholic Church which allowed the leaders/crown of a country to do something). This papal bull was issued in 1493 by Pope Alexander 6th and it drew a line across the globe, sharing the land which Portugal and Spain could colonize and claim. The treaty of tordesillas was created because Portugal protested that the papal bull and the line it had drawn threatened Portugal's interests in the Southern Atlantic, so the line was moved, and thus allowed Portugal to gain Brazil. Both the earlier papal bull and the treaty of tordesillas were issued by the catholic church and the countries were allowed to colonize as long as they swore to convert Muslims and other religions to Christianity in a continuation of the "conquista."

The treaty wasn't truly respected but it allowed Portugal and Spain to gain permission and a "reason" for their colonization and eased conflicts at the time.

Answer 3

The Treaty of Tordesillas, Signed by Spain and Portugal, Established the line of Demarcation.

Answer 4

The terms of the Treat of Tordesillas was to divide the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Spain and Portugal along a meridian. The treaty was signed on June 7, 1494.

Answer 5

it set the course for future explorations and land claims
it set the course for future explorations and land claims. (NovaNet)

Answer 6

it provided the line of demarcation