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10 Cards in this Set
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colombian exchange |
the global transfer of plants, animals, and diseases that occurred during the European colonization of the americas |
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Hernando Cortes |
the Spanish conquistador that conquered the aztec empire |
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triangular trade |
the transatlantic trade network between Africa, Europe, and the colonies in America |
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Jamestown |
the first english settlement in North America |
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joint-stock company |
business in which investors pool their wealth for a common purpose and then share the profits |
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encomienda |
a grant of land made by Spain that included the right to use Native Americans as laborers on it |
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mestizo |
a person of mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry |
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mercantilism |
an economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought |
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Francisco Pizarro |
the Spanish conquistador that conquered the Incan empire |
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puritans |
a group of people who sought freedom from religious persecution in England by founding a colony at Massachusetts Bay in the early 1600's |
