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Unit 5 Vocab Flashcards

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Sea captain that found the Americas in 1492

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Christopher Columbus

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Land that are controlled by another nation

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Colony

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A spaniard that landed on the shores of Mexico

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Hernado Cortez

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Spanish explorers

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Conquistadors

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Aztec emperor

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Montezuma the second

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Conquistador that conquered the Inca empire in South America

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Francisco Pizarro

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Mixed Spanish and Native American

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Mestizo

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System that the natives had to do the labor for the Spanish, but the Spanish authorities would have to act fairly and respect the workers

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Encomienda

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Region in Canada that was first explored and claimed

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New France

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First British colony in North America

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Jamestown

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Group that founded the second English colony

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Pilgrims

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Religious group at broke off from the Anglican Church to make a powerful colony

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Puritans

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The Dutch holdings in north America

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New Netherlands

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Conflict between Britain and France

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French and Indian war

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Native American ruler(king Phillip)

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Metacom

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The buying and selling of Africans for work in the Americas

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Atlantic slaved trade

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Transatlantic trading network

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Triangular trade

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The voyage that brought captured Africans to the west indies and later to north and South America

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Middle passage

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The global transfer of foods plants and animals during the colonization of the Americas

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Columbian exchange

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The revolution of the economic atmosphere of Europe

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Commercial revolution

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An economic system based on private ownership and the investment of wealth for profit

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Capitalism

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People pooling their wealth for a common purpose

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Joint-stock company

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That a nations power was determined by its wealth

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Mercantilism

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Selling more goods than bought

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Favorable balance of trade

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