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WHAG-20a
Term | Definition |
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1492 | Columbus discovers America |
1521 | Cortes conquers Aztecs |
Cortes | conquers Aztecs |
Aztecs | mainly conquered by disease and neighboring tribes, not by Cortes |
Incas | conquered by Pizarro |
Pizarro | conquers Incas |
human sacrifice | Incas, Aztecs, and Maya all did this |
1607 | English establish Jamestown |
Jamestown | first English settlement |
1754 | French and Indian War begins |
French and Indian War | England and France fight over Ohio River Valley area |
Christopher Columbus | Italian sea captain working for Spain |
Pedro Cabral | Portuguese explorer who discovered Brazil |
Treaty of Tordesillas | Spain and Portugal share discoveries instead of fighting |
Jacques Marquette | French priest explores Great Lakes area |
Spanish priests | worked for better treatment of Native Americans |
la Salle | Frenchman exploring New Orleans and Louisiana |
fur trade | main business in French areas of North America |
Pilgrims | seeking religious freedom, establish Plymouth in Massachusetts in 1620 |
Puritans | seeking religious freedom, establish town of Massachusetts Bay in 1630 |
Plymouth | town in Massachusetts started by Pilgrims in 1620 |
Massachusetts Bay | town started by Puritans in 1630 |
La Salle's full name | René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle |