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21 Cards in this Set
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treaty of Tordesillas
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an agreement that settle disputes between Spain and Portugal over new found land.
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Dutch East India company
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a company founded by the Dutch in the early 17th century to explain and direct trade throughout Asia
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Conquistadors
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Spanish conqueror
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Atahualpa
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incan ruler near the city of Cjamarca
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Mestizo
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mixed Spainsh and Native American
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encomnienda
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a grant of land made by SPain to a settler in the Americas including the right to use Native American as laborers on it
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New france
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the base of Frances colonial empire in North America
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JAmestown
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land found by English colonist which they named after king James
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Pilgrims
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a group of people who founded the colony plymouth in MA to escape religious persecution in England
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Puritans
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a group of people who sought freedom from religious persecutionin England by founding a colony at MAss Bay
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New Netherland
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name of the Dutch holding in America
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French and Indian war
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a conflict between brittain and France for control of territory in North America lasr from 1754 to 1763
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Metacom aka king philip
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Native American killer led an attack on colonial villages throughout MA
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Atlantoc Slave trade
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the bying tranpoting and sellin of Africans for work in the Americas
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triangular trade
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the transathantic trading network along which slaves and otehr goods were carried between Africa England europe the west indies and the colonies in north america
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middle passage
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teh voyage that brougth caputred Fricans to the West indies and later to the south and south america to be sold as slaves so
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columbian passage
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the global trnasfer of plants animals and disases that occured druing hte European colonization of the Americas
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capitalism
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an econmic system based on private ownershio and on the investment of money in business ventures in order to make a profit
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joint stock company
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a business in which investars pool their wealth for a common purpose then share the profit.
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mercantilism
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an econmic policy inder which nations sought to increase the wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver adn by selling more goods than they brougth
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favorable balance of trade
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an econmic situation in which a country sells more goods abroad than it buys from abroad.
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