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33 Cards in this Set
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Christopher Columbus
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A man who sailed from the ocean in 1492.
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Taino
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"Good" noble. the first Americans Christopher Columbus encountered.
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Guacanagari
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This man showered Columbus with gold nuggets and ornaments. He promised Columbus a statue of pure gold of himself.
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Bartolome de la Casas
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Lived for some year as a encomendero in Cuba.
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Encomienda
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System is Spanish America that gave settlers the right to control the labor of local American Indians.
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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This was signed in 1494.
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa
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He explored the the area know as Panama.
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Ferdinand Magellan
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He was a Portuguese mariner who believed that by sailing west he would find a water passageway around the Americas.
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Circumnavigate
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Means to sail completely around the world.
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Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
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His ship capsized near Gaveston Island, swam along with 80 other survivors on shore.
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Malintzin
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or Malinche, became a valuable interpreter and advisor to Cortes.
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Conquistadores
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Spanish conquerors.
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Hernan Cortes
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A professional soldier, settled in Cuba as an encomendero.
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Moctezuma II
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The Aztec's ruler.
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Francisco Pizarro
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a Spanish soldier and treasure hunter who had explored with Balboa.
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Pedro Menendez de Aviles
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He led an expedition in 1565 to Florida.
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Jaun de Onate
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Established the first Spanish settlement in New Mexico in 1598.
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Pope
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He was a leader and a Pueblo prophet.
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Pueblo Revolt
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When this ended some 400 Spainards lay dead.
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Jaun Rodriguez Cabrillo
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Explored much of the California coastline.
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Junipero Serra
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A scholarly Franciscan missionary.
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Peons
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Or landless laborers, most of them were American Indians.
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Jauna Ines de la Cruz
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Born near Mexico city in 1651. He did become well educated.
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John Cabot
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He joined the search for Asia.
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Northwest Passage
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This would break the Spanish monopoly.
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Protestant Reformation
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This began in a German city called Wittenburg in 1517.
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Martin Luther
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A priest who protested against corruption in The Roman Catholic Church.
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Francis Drake
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In 1577 he ventured from England with a fleet of swift, heavily armed, vessels on voyage.
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Spanish Armada
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King Philip assembled a massive fleet known as this.
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Walter Raleigh
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Explored the Atlantic seaboard for a suitable site to colonize.
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Charter of 1606
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Licensed the Plymouth Company and the London Company to organize settlements in Virginia.
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Protestant Reformation
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The delay in colonization efforts can also be attributed to the religious upheaval know as this.
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Martin Luther
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Protested against corruption in the Roman Catholic Church.
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