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9 Cards in this Set
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Wars of Religion
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Conflicts between Catholics & Protestants in France, England, Netherlands & Holy Roman Empire,A period of about 100 years beginning in 1560 and ending with the Peace of Westphalia
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Peace of Wesphalia
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1648 Ended Wars of Religion. Renewed Peace of Augsburg accepted Calvinism. Confirmed dissolution of Holy Roman Empire
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Vasco de Gama
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Portuguese navigator first rounded Africa in 1498 landing on the Malabar Coast (India) Returned in 1502 & established trade fought Arab merchants
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Albuquerque
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First Portuguese governor who established permanent stations in India, Hormuz & East Africa
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Magellan
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First to circumnavegate the globe. Found southwestern passage and sailed into the Pacific in 1520
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Encomienda
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System introduced by the Spanish to moderate exploitation of Indian labor.
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Mestizo
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The mixture of white and Indians
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Potosi
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Large silver mine discored in 1545 in Peru
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Commercial Revolution
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Economic changes in early modern period signifying rise of a captitalistic economy & transition from town centered economy to nation centered
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