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7-1.1 Burnette
Colonial claims and expansion of European powers through 1770
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| colonial claims | when a nation says that other peoples or lands belong or are ruled by it; the places that a country rules over |
| European powers | European nations, to include Spain, Portugal, England, France, and the Netherlands, that explored and set up colonies in the 1600s and 1700s |
| Spain | large European nation on the Iberian peninsula; explored and colonized western North America, Central America, western South America, and the Caribbean |
| Portugal | small European nation on the Iberian peninsula; explored and colonized Brazil, parts of southern Africa, and India |
| England | Northwest European island nation, explored and colonized northern North America and its Eastern seaboard |
| France | large Northwest European nation, explored and colonized what became central Canada and the American Midwest |
| The Netherlands | small Northwest European nation, explored and colonized the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) and New Netherlands (what later became New York state) |
| Ottoman Empire | Empire headed by Muslim, Ottoman Turks, centered in Turkey with holdings in the Balkans, the Middle East, and North Africa |
| empire | a leading country and the colonies, other countries, or peoples it rules |
| Italy | large peninsula in southern Europe, unites and forms a complete nation in 1870 |
| Christopher Columbus | discovered the Americas for Spain in 1492 |
| King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain | financed Columbus’s expedition which discovered the Americas |
| 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas | backed by the Catholic Pope Alexander VI, this gave Africa to Portugal to explore and colonize, and gave most of the Americas to Spain |
| Bartolemeu Dias | discovered India for Portugal |
| Henry Hudson | discovered Canada for England and New Netherlands (later New York) for the Netherlands |
| John Cabot | discovered parts of North America for England |
| Hernan Cortes | discovered Mexico (MesoAmerica) for Spain |
| Francisco Pizzaro | discovered South America for Spain |
| Vasco de Gama | discovered India for Portugal |
| Ferdinand Magellan | led an expedition which was the first to circumnavigate (go all the way around) the Earth |
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