It sank in a storm. Large waves broke a window (portlight) which allowed water to flood one of the legs. The water also disabled the ballast controls so they were unable to control the amount of water in each leg. Everybody was killed, none of the 84 people on board were able to escape, except to the sea to die.
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There were several significant events that happened in Spain in 1492. The Conquest of Granada and the Edict of Expulsion helped financed the voyage of Christopher Columbus that lead to the discovery of the New World or the Americas.
The United States boundaries for their land were the Mississippi River to the west, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Florida to the south, and Canada to the north. This land was granted to them by the Treaty of Paris.
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The Atlantic Ocean.