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Columbian Exchange
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Transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Americas and Europe, Asia, and Africa
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Line of Demarcation
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Boundary established by Pope Alexander VI in 1493 about 300 miles west and south of the Azores; gave unclaimed land west of the line to Spain, and east of the line to Portugal.
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Monroe Doctrine
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President James Monroe’s statement forbidding further colonization in the Americas and declaring that the United States would view any attempt by a foreign country to colonize as a hostile act.
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Albany Plan of Union
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Plan written by Benjamin Franklin and other colonial delegates that called for the colonies to unite under a common governing body.
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kivas
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Circular ceremonial rooms used for religious activities by Native American peoples of the American Southwest.
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monopoly
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Sole economic control of a business or product.
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Proclamation of 1763
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British proclamation banning colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
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Spanish Armada
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Large Spanish fleet defeated by England in 1588.
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Declaration of Independence:
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Statement of the Second Continental Congress that defined the colonists’ rights, outlined their complaints against Great Britain, and declared the colonies’ independence.
DATED: July 4, 1776 |