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age of exploration
Question | Answer |
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Treaty of Tordesilla | 1494 agreement between Portugal and Spain that divided their New World land claims |
Dutch East India Company: | Company established to direct trade in Asia. Could mint money, make treaties, and even raise an army. |
Ming Dynasty | Chinese dynasty that ruled from 1368-1644 |
Manchus | Invaders from north of China who invaded and caused the Ming Dynasty to collapse |
Qing Dynasty: | Dynasty begun by the Manchus. Ruled China for more than 260 years |
Colony | lands controlled by another nation |
Conquistador | Spanish conqueror |
Mestizo | Mixed Spanish and Native American population. |
Encomienda | Forced Native American labor by the Spanish. |
Colony | lands controlled by another nation. |
Conquistador | Spanish conqueror |
Mestizo | Mixed Spanish and Native American population. |
Encomienda | Forced Native American labor by the Spanish |
Pilgrims | English colonizers who established English colony of Plymouth in 1620 after leaving England for being persecuted for their beliefs |
Puritans | English group seeking religious freedom from England’s Anglican church. Sought to build model Christian community in the Americas |
New Netherlands | Dutch land holdings established in 1621 in North America meant to be a colony for fur trading. |
Jamestown | Colony established by the British in 1607. Named after King James. |
New France | Colony established by French traders in North America in 1608. |
Atlantic Slave Trade | The buying and selling of Africans for work in the Americas. |
Triangle Trade: | Trade network by which African slaves were captured and traded/sold for goods in Africa, the Americas, and |
Middle Passage: | The voyage that brought captured Africans to the Americas. |
Columbian Exchange | The global transfer of foods, plants, and animals during the colonization of the Americas |
Capitalism: | Economic system based on private ownership and the investment of resources, such as |
Mercantilism: | Theory that held that a company’s power depended on its wealth |
Joint-Stock Company | Worked like a corporation with investors buying shares of stock of a company. . |