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21 Cards in this Set
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Christopher Columbus
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early sailer who found America
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Guacanagarí
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cheif of guanahani
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Encomienda
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having american indians work for labor
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Bartolome de las casas
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protester that thought working american indians was harsh
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Vasco nunez de balboa
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explored the are now known as
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Ferdinand Magellan
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was a Portuguese mariner who believed that sailing west that he could find a water passageway around the americas
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Circumnavigate
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to sail completely around the world
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Alvar Nunez Cabeza de vaca
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his ship capsized and him and 80 other people had to swim to shore
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conquistadores
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spanish conquerors
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Malintzin
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princess of the Aztecs
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Moctezuma II
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Aztec ruler
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Pedro Mendez de Aviles
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led and expiditon
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Francosco Pizarro
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a spanish treasure hunter and soldier
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Juan De Onate
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established the first settlement in new mexico
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Pope
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pueblo prophit
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pueblo Revolt
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attacks by the pueblo indians that temporarily drove the spanish from new mexico
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Juan Rodriguez cabrillo
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explored most of california coastline
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Junipero serra
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a scholarly Franciscan misionary
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viceroyalties
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spain organized its territory into large provinces called Viceroyalties
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Peons
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landless laborers
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Juana Ines de la Cruz
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a very smart lady who learned to write and read at age 7
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