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Mercantilism
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Rested on the assumption that the nation as a whole, not the individual within it,was the principal actor in the economy.
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Mestizo
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People of mixed race.
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Meso-Americans
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The people of what is now Mexico and much of Central America.
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Protestant Reformation
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name given to a religious and political development in the early 16th century.Led by Martin Luther who argued that the Catholic church was corrupt and should be reformed.
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Matrilineal
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People trace their heredity through,and inherited property from their mothers than their fathers.
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Coureurs De Bois
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Adventurous Fur traders and trappers.
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Jamestown
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The first and enduring English settlement in the New World in Virginia,in 1607.
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Seigneuries
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The Agricultural estates along the banks of the St. Lawrence River introduced by the New France.
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Henry Hudson
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An English explorer in the employ of the Dutch sailed up the River that was later named after him in what is now New York State.
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Sir Humphrey Gilbert
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Pioneer of English colonization,friend of Queen Elizabeth.He led an expedition to Newfoundland in 1583.
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