[DOC] [TLE] IMA Hero: Reading Program Ponce de Leon [PAR] Younger sons often became priests or knights, and Ponce de Len decided to 
become ... He joined the military campaign to drive the Moors out of Spain. ... In 
January, 1492, the Spanish armies captured Granada and drove the Moors out of 
Spain. ... What year was Juan Ponce de Len appointed governor of Puerto Rico
? [DOC] [TLE] Reconquista - Wikipedia [PAR] The Reconquista is the period of history of the Iberian Peninsula spanning 
approximately 770 years between the Islamic conquest of Hispania in 710 and 
the fall of the last Islamic state in Iberia at Granada to the expanding Christian 
kingdoms in 1492. The Reconquista ended immediately before the European re-
discovery of .... After the Islamic Moorish conquest of nearly all of the Iberian 
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Granada continued to thrive for over two centuries before the last of the Moorish 
... In about 717, the Moors made an attempt to drive them out, but were soundly 
defeated ... He fought other Moslem princes as well as Christians and succeeded 
again in... [DOC] [TLE] Christopher Columbus - Biography in Context - Gale [PAR] In April 1492 Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain signed an ... He would 
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. [DOC] [TLE] The Spanish Empire - The Latin Library [PAR] In 1492, Spain drove out the last Moorish king of Granada. ... As sole monarch, 
Ferdinand adopted a more aggressive policy than he had as Isabella's ... Only a 
year later, Ferdinand became part of the Holy League against France, ... From 
there Juan Ponce de Len conquered Puerto Rico and Diego Velzquez took 
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helped facilitate the economic and ...... Humanities 12(5):12-18. [DOC] [TLE] Build up to Spanish, Portuguese, African Contact Timeline - Inquiry ... [PAR] Aug 30, 2014 ... Portuguese and Spanish Colonization with African Contact ... They drive out the 
Islamic Moors. ... 1492 - The Moorish kingdom ends when Granada falls to 
Spanish ... He becomes the first European to use this sea route around Africa's ... 
1509 - A very few enslaved Africans arrive in Puerto Rico to provide... [DOC] [TLE] Timeline Spain thru 1899 [PAR] His rise in the church was helped a great deal when his uncle became Pope 
Calixtus III. .... 1492 Mar 31, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain issued 
an edict .... and spent a year shipwrecked and marooned there before returning 
to Spain. ... He explored Puerto Rico and Spanish ships under his command 
began to... [DOC] [TLE] Juan Ponce De Len The Old Spanish Watchtower Allen Bestwick A ... [PAR] Apr 4, 2013 ... 4931 South Peninsula Drive  Ponce Inlet, Florida 32127 ..... May 18 (Saturday) 
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right. ... Granada brought an end to more than 780 years of Moorish rule on the ... 
before discovering San Juan Bautista (Puerto Rico) on November... [DOC] [TLE] history of Latin America | Britannica.com [PAR] Apr 12, 2016 ... Since the Spanish and Portuguese element looms so large in the ... and 
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Question: In 1492, 18 years before becoming governor of Puerto Rico, he helped drive the Moors out of Granada in Spain
Answer: Ponce de Leon