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Edexcel GCSE History: Paper 2 Option P1 — Spain and the New World, c1490-c1555

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  • Topic 1 — Spain reaches the Americas, c1490–1512

    • 1.1 – Spanish exploration
    • 1.2 – Columbus reaches the Americas
    • 1.3 – Spanish claims in the Caribbean

  • Topic 2 — The conquistadors, 1513–c1528

    • 2.1 – The start of an empire
    • 2.2 – The conquest of Mexico
    • 2.3 – Impact of Spain in the Americas

  • Topic 3 — The Spanish Empire c1528–c1555

    • 3.1 – Pizarro and the conquest of the Incas
    • 3.2 – Expansion of empire
    • 3.3 – Impact of the 'New World' on Spain

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