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22 Cards in this Set
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what is the Treaty of Tordesillas ?
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A agreement between Spain & Portugal to move the Division line a few degres to the west.
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what were the effects of the Treaty of Tordesillas and when was it fabricated?
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Spain got claim to The Americas, and Portugal got brazil. yr 1494
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who is Amerigo Vespuci?
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the person who the americas was named after.
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Who is Capt. John Rolfe?
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he was saved and married by Pochahontas .
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who is responsible for bringin Jamestown's economy to a boom ?
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Capt. Rolfe and Pochahontas who made a new kind of tobaco which sold fast in England.
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what is the V.A. CO. ?
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the charter in which English colonazation was started. Founde Jamestown
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what is a Royal colony ?
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a colony under direct control of the king of england.
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who is Christopher Columbus ?
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the first person to est. a permanant relationship with the N.A.'s
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what is the New World ?
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the Americas , which columbus thought was india.
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what was least important in the European exploratiuon & settlement in the 16 cent. ?
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population increase
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at the end of the 16 cent. what wasnt happening in Spains colonialempire ?
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families were not migrating to it from Spain.
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what slowed England from Settling in the Americas ?
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religous uprisings
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what is the Mayflower & the Mayflower Compact?
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the Mayflower is the ship the pilgrims used to get to the americas. the m.flower compact is a document signed in 1620 stating majority rule .
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who is John Cabot ?
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explored the coast of NewFoundLand in the name of England.
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what are Puritans ?
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people with religous motives to move to the Americas. Wanted to purify their church of Catholic influenses.
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what are Separatist ?
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wanted a separate chuch, independant of Royal Controll.
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what was the Renaisasance ?
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a time of invention , which led to better tools such as the sea compass.
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what is the renaisance ?
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THE ERA OF INSPIRED THINKING ,CAUSING MORE ARTIST AND OTHER INETLECTUAL CAREERS
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tech. compass & printing press ?
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COMPASS= HELPED SAILING PURPOSES
HELPED SPREAD RLEGION |
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what is trade ?
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ECONOMIC INCREASES MORE INTER CONNECTED COUNTRIES
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Portugal ?
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DIVIDED NEW WORLD WITH SPAIN
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Henry Hudson ?
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DISCOVERED HUDSON RIVER
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