| A | B |
|---|
| 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 |
