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prince henry the navigator
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sponsored trips to africa; built a sailing school; sent multiple voyages along the coast of africa
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bartholomeu diaz
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made it to the bottom tip of africa; called it cape of good hope; saw the possibility to sail around africa
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vasco de garma
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sails around africa; find madagascar; ends up in india; was lost in indian ocean for three months
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columbus
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came up with small earth theory=earth is small; sailed from spain from the east to go west; ended up in america & thought it was india
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amerigo vespucci
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map maker that went to america with columbus and determined it was not india
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pizarro
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1533: conquest against inca; had 100 men, 60 calvary, few artillery, 1 woman; found gold & silver mines
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cortez
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1520: set out to deal with aztecs; small army was outnumbered; defeated the aztecs with guns, horses, and steel weapons/armor
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conquistadors
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hernan cortez & franciso pizarro
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compass
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tells you which way is north & what direction you are going in; came from ottoman empire
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astrolobe
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tells you your latitude on the map
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caravel
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big ship that can go out to sea, carry more and last through storms
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treaty of tordesillas
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line of demarkation; separates land "evenly" between spain and portugal; splits the new world
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war of three henries
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war between three henries - henry III of france, henry duke of geese, and henry of navaar; henry duke of geese gets a monk to kill henry III
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henry IV
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henry of navaar; won a civil war to be king
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edict of nantes
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gave hugonauts right to freely practice
RIGHTS: - rights for practice - could hold office - foritified cities |
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"paris is well worth a mass"
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power was important; henry IV switches religion for ruling
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duke of sully
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master behind the throne; engineered what would become absolutism
- revised taxes - reduced government debt - improved foreign trade - made roads & canals |
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louis XIII
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succeeds henry IV; became king at 8 years old; would rather party then rule the kingdom
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cardinal richelieu
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rules for louis XIII; makes him the absolutist king
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intended system
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royal governors; carried out king's policies in parts of france
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