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History Chapter 2
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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alliance | An agreement between parties that benefits them both. |
Church of England | Church established by Henry VIII so he could divorce his wife. |
circumnavigate | To travel around |
Columbian Exchange | A transfer of people, products, and ideas between the hemispheres. |
conquistadors | Soldier-adventurers from Spain |
Coureurs de bois | French term for "runners of the woods" |
encomienda | Land grants that included the right to demand labor or taxes from Native Americans. |
mercantilism | System in which colonies existed to make the home country wealthy and powerful. |
missions | Religious settlements |
northwest passage | A sea route from the Atlantic to the Pacific that passed through or around North America. |
peninsular | Spanish colonists who had been born in Spain. |
plantation | Large farms worked by laborers who lived on the property. |
province | Territorial district of a country. |
Quebec | Settlement on the banks of the St. Lawrence established by Samuel de Champlain. |
strait | A narrow passage that connects two large bodies of water. |