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Nationstates

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What we know as nations today

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Ferdinand Magellum

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Circumnavigated the globe in 1519

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European navigation motivation

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SPICES

pears, iron, copper, slaves

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Marco Polo

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Super celebrated trader in 1254, traveled Silk Road

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Silk Road

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Trade routes that were used for goods and ideals

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Kublaikhan

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Gave Marco Polo a ‘Golden Pass’ of safe travel to travel through Afghanistan

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Henry the Navigator

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Founded a university for navigators

Invented the astrolabe

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Astrolabe

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Ancient tool used for navigating by using the stars, sun and moon

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Caravel

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Light, fast ship, easy to manuever

made the exploration of Sub-Sahara available

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Portugal and Navigation

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NUMBER ONE
soon to be rivaled by Spain
discovered Canary Islands

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Ferdinand of Aragon + Isabelle of Castile

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United Spain

Isabelle funded Columbus’ expedition

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Treaty of Tordesillas

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Divided the world in two hemispheres because Spain claimed it immediately.

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Columbian Exchange

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Trade routes along the old and new worlds.

New world got:
Wheat, sugar, rice, horses, cows, pigs
Slaves from Africa

Old World got:
Gold, silver, corn, potatoes, tobacco,
SYPHILLIS

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Tudors in Order

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Henry VII
Henry VIII
Eduard VI
Mary I
Elizabeth I
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Henry VII

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Broke up with Rome

Wife, Anne Boleyn, was murdered

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Act of Supremacy

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Finalized break up with Rome
Formalized relationship with England
Founded the church of England

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Eduard VI

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Son of Henry VIII, considered bastard by the church

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Bloody Mary I

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Wanted to end Protestantism
Burned protestants alive
Died of cancer before she returned to England

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Elizabeth I

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Masterful politician
Never married, as she was married to England
Did not care for religion, tolerated all
	Less tolerant of Calvinists
After she died, the stuarts took over.
Wanted to populate Ireland
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Ireland

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“Wild vicious savages”
Uncivilized for England
Could not be tamed, must be suppressed

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Sir Humphrey Gilbert

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Military strategist, supporter of the colonies

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Enclosure Acts

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Enclosed farms, pastures for the sheep to control the wool industry
Regulated previously common land private

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Intermediate mercantilism

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balances losses and gains

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Plantation Model

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Build a separate society of Englishmen in a colony

“They’re doing God’s work”

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Cpt. John Smith on assimiliation
It was the Englishmen's responsibility to bring people to the light
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Indians
They were savages, but they were friendly, helped people work.
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John Cabot
Father of the Reformation | Discovered the coast of NA Under the rule of Henry VII, took possession of the land
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Martin Luther
Not the first to question the church, but the church was corrupt and sold forgiveness to get into heaven Identified the pope with the anti-christ
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John Calvin
Believed God was all powerful, all knowing. | Huguenots were French, Puritans were English. Believed in Predestination
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Max Weber
Spirit of capitalism, protestant work ethic
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Stuarts in Order
``` James I Charles I Interregnum Charles II James II ```
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Primogenature
Eldest sons inherited the land of the states, second sons did military careers
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James I
Founded Plymouth
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Charles I
Civil Wars, Founded Mass, MD
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Interregnum
Commonwealth, protectorate
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Charles II
Hated parliament | Restoration, Carolinas, PA, NY, Conn
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James II
Glorious Revolution
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Jamestown 1607
One of America’s most unsuccessful deathtraps in America, was advertised to colonists
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Smithian Tactics
Militaristic | Forced indians to do the work
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Tobacco
Cash crop | "The Stinking Weed"
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Edwin Sands
Reform Program | Anyone who paid for their New World passage gets 50 acres of land
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Sam de Champlain
Founder of New France | Traced explorations and created a village in Quebec
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Beavers
Main trade, French Canadians relied on beaver fur
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Couers de bois
Forest runners | trapped beavers for trade
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Restoration colonies
colonies that became colonies after the monarchy
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Navigation Acts of 1660
Colonies will be used for economic revenue
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External mercantilism
Pulling the strings of the economy
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Writs of Assistance
Search warrants that allow people to search for smuggled goods
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Admiralty Courts
Courts that run without juries
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Mercantilism
World runs on a fixed amount of wealth
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Salutary Neglect
Making laws for America, but never actually enforcing them
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Virtual Representation
people in parliament represent those underneath
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Bacon's Rebellion
Virginian settlers rebelled against the governor, Berkley
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French Indian War | Seven Years War
French + Indian vs. British
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Squanto
Kidnapped and taken back to England by the Spanish to help them
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Plymouth Colony
Most of the indians died from smallpox | Indians had no problem killing each other
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Charles I and Parliament
Dismissed Parliament and persecuted the Puritans Made a law that required shipbuilding towns to raise money Declared all of England as a shipbuilding town
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
25k refugees left England Biggest most influential colony Dissenters were persecuted. Those oppressed went for mobility, not nobility
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Townshend Acts
"contribute to the mother country that indulged them"
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John Locke
Vanguard of the Enlightenment | "Two Treaties on Civil Govt"
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Revenue Acts of 1764
Contained Sugar Act, Currency Act, and the Mutiny / Quartering Act
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Declaratory Act
Parliament had the right to make laws of validity, to bind the colonies in all sorts, its right to legislate TAX =/= LEGISLATE
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Great Awakening
George Whitfield would get on stage at rallies and rip his shirt off describing religion and the pains of hell in grandeur
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Newlights
People who believed George Whitfield's representation of religion
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Conservatives
people who did not believe Whitfield
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The Whigs
Believed in limited monarchy, doing things to represent the people
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Boston Massacre
Lots of people die because of friction from the colonies
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Samuel Adams
Would constantly give speeches in town centres reminding people that all is not well
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Committees of Correspondence
Horseback riders connected places to dish news out to people
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Tea Act 1773
Tea was going to be cheaper than stores, smugglers, middlemen, etc
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Tea Party 1773
so much tea in the harbor
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Coercive Act 1774
Closed the port of Boston, the tea had to be paid for. Town meetings were now illegal, troops were moved back until the tea was paid
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Quebec Act
French Catholics will be tolerated
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First Continental Congress 1774
Not all colonies were present | Guns were being stockpiled in preparation for a war
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Galloway's Plan
Ressurrection of Franklin's Albany Plan of Union

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