History Flashcards
Age of Exploration
a period from approximately the 15th century to the 17th century, during which seafarers from a number of European countries explored, colonized, and conquered regions across the globe.
A smaller country next to Spain who made a monopoly on alliances across the ports in Africa which allowed them to import spices and make lots of money.
Portugal
After seeing what Portugal had done they wanted a piece of this monopoly, they decided to go to modern day mexico and plunder and raid there.
Spain
After seeing what Portugal and Spain had done they also wanted to plunder somewhere. But they didn´t want to compete with anyone else. Because of this they went north to north america, they then went south and came across the Appalachian mountains. they went to the left of the Appalachian mountains to avoid people. They also wanted to actually colonize the place unlike the first two.
France
After seeing these 3 plunder, This country had decided to take a page from all of their books employing Portugal and Spain´s strategy of plundering but just like France they also colonized the place and stay there.
Britain
These peoples were the first people to leave their region specifically to plunder or colonize another place. They plundered places around Europe.
Vikings
This man created plans to go places and funded explorers to explore. He also created a navigation school which became famous for having very good teachers, this boosted Portugal´s status.
Prince henry the navigator
This man was known for creating the trade root between Portugal and India by making a monopoly on alliances with ports on Africa.
Vasco De Gama
This man sailed for both Spain and Portugal and went to south america and was known for being the first person to circumnavigate the world.
Ferdinand Magellan
IN 1492 this man sailed the ocean blue in attempt to contest Portugal for monopoly over colonization and plundering.
Christopher columbus
This man sailed from spain to the aztecs to kill them and plunder them. GOLD AND RARE METALS
Hernan Cortez
This man was a relative of Hernan cortez and sailed from spain to the incas to plunder and kill them. GOLD AND RARE METALS
Francisco Pizarro
Renaissance
a fervent period of European cultural, artistic, political and economic “rebirth” following the Middle Ages.
Reformation
The Reformation became the basis for the founding of Protestantism, one of the three major branches of Christianity. The Reformation led to the reformulation of certain basic tenets of Christian belief and resulted in the division of Western Christendom between Roman Catholicism and the new Protestant traditions.
Individualism
separating oneself from the crowd in terms of ideas and creations
Humanism
an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. Humanist beliefs stress the potential value and goodness of human beings, emphasize common human needs, and seek solely rational ways of solving human problems.
an instrument formerly used to make astronomical measurements, typically of the altitudes of celestial bodies, and in navigation for calculating latitude, before the development of the sextant. In its basic form (known from classical times), it consists of a disk with the edge marked in degrees and a pivoted pointer.
Astrolobe
determining the angle between the horizon and a celestial body such as the Sun, the Moon, or a star, used in celestial navigation to determine latitude and longitude
Sextant
a small, fast Spanish or Portuguese sailing ship of the 15th–17th centuries.
Caravel
The Mayflower Compact, originally titled Agreement Between the Settlers of New Plymouth, was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the men aboard the Mayflower, consisting of Separatist Puritans, adventurers, and tradesmen.
Mayflower compact
was a member of the Patuxet tribe best known for being an early liaison between the Native American population in Southern New England and the Mayflower Pilgrims who made their settlement at the site of Tisquantum’s former summer
Squanto
Pretty much the g of james town
John smith
A man who was a jack of all trades and came to check on the colonists to find them living in the 7th heaventh of hell and also known for marrying pocahontas.
John rolfe
This woman was known for saving john rofle and marrying him.
Pocahantas
this plant was originally monopolized by the Spanish but john rolfe stole some and brought it to James town where the soil made it sweet and they mad BIG BUX.
Tobbaco
When cornwallis was running from george washington and the french he hunkered at a peninula facing new york. But 3 generals named George washington, cumte de grasse, cumte de rochambeau
Battle of new york
Guerilla Warfare
A new strategy of fighting employed by george washington where he shot and ran.
This man was known for betraying the american continental army and launching an attack on them.
Benedict Arnold
Mercantilism
The british used this when the british east india would buy tea from india and sell it to merchants who would sell to general population.
Boston
Boston is in massachusets and is a very important place during the american revolution.
This man created the place where the mayflower compact was practiced and he created the province of pensylvania.
William penn
Quakers
A religious group who were called quakers because when they practiced their religion they quaked.
