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| Mayflower Compact | pledge made by Pilgrims and non-Pilgrims in Plymouth to unite under a government and to uphold laws or also known as a self gov't |
| Columbian Exchange | the exchange, or transfer, of goods and ideas between the Eastern and Western hemispheres that was started by the explorer Columbus ;the global exchange of goods and ideas resulting from the encounter between the peoples of the eastern and the Western hemispheres. |
| Charter | a legal document giving certain rights to a person or company |
| Precedent | example for others to follow in the future |
| Alliance | an agreement between nations to aid and protect one another |
| Plantation | A large estate farmed by many workers |
| Encomienda | land grant given by the Spanish government to Spanish settlers that included the right to demand labor or taxes from Native Americans |
| Presidio | forts where soldiers lived in the Spanish colonies |
| Herman Cortes | was a conquistador who took control of the Aztec empire |
| Francisco Pizarro | was a conquistador who set his sights on the Incan empire. In 1532 he captured the Incan emperor Atahualpa |
| Protestant Reformation | the movement to Reform the Catholic Church in the 1500's; it led to the creation of many different Christian churches |
