Doctrine of Discovery

Target entity: Doctrine of Discovery
Context triple: [Inter caetera, legalDoctrineContext, Doctrine of Discovery]

• A. Treaty of Tordesillas
  The Treaty of Tordesillas was a 1494 agreement between Spain and Portugal, brokered by the papacy, that divided newly discovered lands outside Europe between the two powers and shaped the colonial map of the Americas and beyond.
• B. European colonization of the Americas
  European colonization of the Americas was the period beginning in the late 15th century when various European powers explored, conquered, and settled the Western Hemisphere, profoundly transforming its indigenous societies, environments, and global history.
• C. Mare Liberum
  Mare Liberum is a seminal 1609 treatise by Hugo Grotius that argues for the principle of freedom of the seas in international law.
• D. Laws of the Indies
  The Laws of the Indies were a comprehensive body of legislation issued by the Spanish Crown to regulate the governance, social order, and colonial administration of its territories in the Americas and the Philippines.
• E. Spanish colonization of the Americas
  The Spanish colonization of the Americas was the extensive imperial expansion by Spain from the late 15th century onward that conquered and settled vast territories in the Western Hemisphere, reshaping indigenous societies, economies, cultures, and demographics across the New World.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Doctrine of Discovery
Target entity description: The Doctrine of Discovery is a legal and theological principle developed by European colonial powers that justified claiming sovereignty over non-Christian lands and peoples, profoundly shaping centuries of colonization and Indigenous dispossession.

• A. Treaty of Tordesillas
  The Treaty of Tordesillas was a 1494 agreement between Spain and Portugal, brokered by the papacy, that divided newly discovered lands outside Europe between the two powers and shaped the colonial map of the Americas and beyond.
• B. European colonization of the Americas
  European colonization of the Americas was the period beginning in the late 15th century when various European powers explored, conquered, and settled the Western Hemisphere, profoundly transforming its indigenous societies, environments, and global history.
• C. Mare Liberum
  Mare Liberum is a seminal 1609 treatise by Hugo Grotius that argues for the principle of freedom of the seas in international law.
• D. Laws of the Indies
  The Laws of the Indies were a comprehensive body of legislation issued by the Spanish Crown to regulate the governance, social order, and colonial administration of its territories in the Americas and the Philippines.
• E. Spanish colonization of the Americas
  The Spanish colonization of the Americas was the extensive imperial expansion by Spain from the late 15th century onward that conquered and settled vast territories in the Western Hemisphere, reshaping indigenous societies, economies, cultures, and demographics across the New World.
• F. None of above. chosen