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Christopher Columbus | An Italian Sea Captain that sailed for Spain |
Metacom | Native American ruler also known as King Phillip |
Atahualpa | The Incan ruler |
Francisco Pizarro | The conquistador that conquered the Incan Empire |
Encomienda | The spanish system that the Native Americans worked under |
Mestizo | People of mixed Spanish and Native American background |
Conquistadors | spanish exlorers that conquered the Americas |
Hernando Cortes | Conquistador that conquered the Aztecs |
Pilgrims | Group that sought religous freedom from England, started colony by Plymouth |
Puritans | Group that sought religous freedom, started colony by Massachusetts Bay |
New Netherland | Dutch colonial empire in North America, furtrade |
Jamestown | First english settlement in the Americas, named after King James |
French and Indian War | Small part of the Seven Years War, Britain vs. France |
New France | France's colonial empire in the North America, Quebec, furtrade |
Colony | Land controlled by another, or mother, nation |
Alantic Slave Trade | The buying and selling of Africans for work in the Americas |
Triangular Trade | Transatlantic trading network, from Europe to Africa nd the West Indies and back again |
Columbian Exchange | The global transfer of foods, plants, and animals |
Mercantilism | Economic theory that motivated European countries to increase wealth |
Middle Passage | The middle leg of the Triangle Trade, Transported Slaves from Africa to Americas |
Capitalism | Economic system based on privated ownership and investment of resources |
Joint-Stock Company | A buisness venture in which investors pooled wealth in order to make profit |
Favorable Balance of Trade | The economic goal for countries, of exporting more than they imported |