| A | B |
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| Fall of Tenochtitlan | Moctezuma welcomed Cortes but then Aztecs frove Spanish away. Moctezuma was killed. Cortes returned and demolished Tenochtitlán. |
| Council of the Indies | group that the king set up to pass laws for the colonies and maintain control over the colonies |
| Settling of Jamestown | 1617 |
| Mayflower Compact | a written agreement that the Pilgrims had about how they'd govern themselves |
| French and Indian War | raged until 1763 |
| The Seven Years War | worldwide struggle; started by French and Indian War |
| Treaty of Paris (1763) | officially ended the worldwide war; ensured British dominance in North America |
| Middle Passage | middle leg of the triangular trade; process of which moved AFricans by ship to the Americas...very tough conditions |
| Final Passage | merchants carried sugar, molasses, cotton and other American goods like furs, salt fish, rum; shipped to Europe where they traded at a profit for the European commodity that merchants needed to return to Africa |
| New Laws of the Indies | laws that Bartolomé de las Casas helped put in place forbidding enslavement of Native Americans. |
| Founding of Jamestown | English built their first permanent colony here in 1617. |
| Founding of Plymouth | 1620 the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts seeking religious freedom. Signed the Mayflower Compact here. |
