| A | B |
|---|
| Exploration | period in time in which Europeans searched for new land to claim |
| Christopher Columbus | Spanish conquistadore who discovered the New World |
| Colombian exchange | global transfer of foods, plants, and animals during the colonization of the Americas |
| Atlantic Slave Trade | massive enterprise from 1500-1870. Slaves being shipped from Africa to the New World |
| Middle Passage | voyage that brought Africans to the Americas for slavery |
| absolutism | king or queen wanting to have complete power to every aspect to society. Believed that monarchs acted as God's representativs on earth |
| Louis XIV | king of France (1643) that believed he and the state were one. Very powerful- took full control of the gov. and lived very luxuriously |
| Versailles | grand palace built for Louis XIV. Showed how powerful he was |
| English Civil War | conflict (1642- 1649) in which Puritan supporters of Parliament battled supporters of England's monarchy. |
| Oliver Cromwell | general that supported the Puritans and defeated the Caviliers (supporters of Charles I). Helped put Charles I to trial and be executed. |
| Glorious Revolution | bloodless overthrow of the English king James II and his replacement by William and Mary |
| Constitutional monarchy | a monarchy in which the ruler's power is limited by law |
