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SOL WorldHist. Terms
Exploration chapter 19 & 20
Term | Definition |
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Treaty of Tordesillas | A 1494 agreement between Portugal & Spain, declaring that newly discovered lands to the west of an imaginary line in the Atlantic Ocean would belong to Spain & newly lands to the east would belong to Portugal. |
Mestizo | Mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry. |
Encomienda | A grant of land made by Spain to a settler in the America's, including the right to use native Americans as laborer a on that land. |
Triangle trade | The transatlantic trade network along where slaves and other goods were carried between Africa,England ,Europe ,the West Indies, and colonies in the America's. |
Middle passage | The voyage that brought captured Africans to the West Indies and later to north and South America to be sold as slaves |
Columbian exchange | Global transfer of plants,animals, and diseases that occurred during the European colonization of the America's. |
Commercial Revolution | The expansion of trade and business that transformed European economies during the 16th & 17th century. |
Capitalism | Economic system based on private ownership and on the investment of money in business ventures in order to make profit. |
Conquistadors | Spanish soldiers, explores, and fortune hunters who took part in conquest of the America's in the 16th century. |
Mercantilism | An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than bought. |
Jamestown | First English settlement in early 1600s in the America's named after king James. |