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32 Cards in this Set
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Christopher Columbus
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Started a historic series of westward sailings and expeditions.
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Tiano
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American Indians Columbus encountered. They were farmers and fishers. Very peaceful.
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Guacanagari
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Chief of the Indians of Hispaniola.
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Encomienda
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Under this system ,colonists received the right to have a certain number of American Indians working for them.
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Batolome de Las Casas
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Gave religious instruction to the Indian slaves.
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The Treaty of Tordesillas
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Moved the earlier Line of Damarcation farther West.
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa
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Explored the area now know as Panama.
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Ferdinand Magellan
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A Portuguese mariner that thought he could find a path around the Americas if he sailed West. Ended up sailing around the world.
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Circumnavigate
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To sail completely around.
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Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
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A Galveston Island where Panfilo de Narvaez became shipwrecked.
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Conquistadores
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Spanish conquerors.
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Hernan Cortes
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One of the most available and adventurous conquistadors.
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Malintzin
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A young Aztec princess that provided Cortez with crucial info so he could conquer the Aztecs.
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Moctezuma
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The Aztec ruler that Cortez confronted.
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Francisco Pizarro
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The Spaniard that conquered the Inca.
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Pedro Menendez de Aviles
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A Spaniard that secured a settlement in Florida.
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Juan de Onate
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Established the first Spanish settlement in Mexico in 1598.
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Pueblo Revolt
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The Pueblo launched a series of attacks against the Spanish settlers. Some 400 Spaniards died.
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Pope
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A pueblo prophet that ordered attacks against the Spanish.
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Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo
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Explored much of the California coastline for Spain as early as 1542.
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Friar Junipero Serra
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A scholarly Franciscan missionary, he came to California with de Portola's expidition.
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Viceroyalities
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Spain's territory that were organized into large provinces.
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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 Mexican-American woman that pursued a high education.
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John Cabot
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A mariner that joined the search for a route to Asia from America.
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Northwest Passage
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Explorers hoped the discovery of a Northwest passage would break the Spanish monopoly.
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Protestant Reformation
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A religious upheaval started by a German priest.
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Martin Luther
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Protested against the corruption in the Roman-Catholic church.
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Francis Drake
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Led heavily armed vessels that acted as pirates toward the Spanish. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I on his ship.
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The Spanish Armada
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A fleet of some 130 ships and 27,000 men assembled by King Philip II of Spain.
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Inflation
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An increase in prices.
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Sir Walter Raleigh
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Explored the Atlantic seaboard for a suitable site to colonize.
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