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who broke away from the catholic church in 1517 because they believed only faith saved you and not good deeds
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martin luther
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what is the Protestant reformation
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a great religious and historical movement that martin Luther's protests started
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where was martin Luther from
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germany
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who also broke away from the catholic church because they rejected the idea that good deads would ensure a person's salvation
he believed in predestination |
john Calvin
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where was john Calvin from
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he was a FRENCH religious thinker
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the belief that God has already chosen those who would be saved
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predestination
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who left the catholic church for non-religious reasons
(wanted to divorce first wife but pope said no) |
king henry the VIII
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where was king henry VIII from
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England
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what did the English Parliament and the kind do in 1534 because the pope refused to declare king henry VIIIs first marriage invalid ?
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denied authority of pope
recognized king as head of the church of England |
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throughout western europe people and nations divided into what 2 major groups
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catholics
protestants |
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what did Europeans that crossed the Atlantic take with them
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their religious differences
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who worked to spread their faith to the Native Americans
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catholic Spanish and French
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what are two factors that pushed European nations across the Atlantic ocean
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the promise of great wealth and trade oppurtunites
religion |
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a nations power is based on its wealth
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the theory of mercantilism
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rulers tried to increase their nations wealth (thus increasing their power) by :
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acquiring gold, silver, fur, and crops
By selling European products (developed trade) |
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Europeans countries looked to colonies in America for what
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wealth
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the exchanging of plants, animals, diseases between eurooe , Asia ,Africa, and the americas
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the Columbian exchange
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what did england France and and the Netherlands do because it did not allow claims by any other nations except Spain and Portugal
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they ignored the treaty of tordesillas
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what did France, Spain, and the Netherlands hope to discover since both known routes to asia were long and difficult
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hoped to discover a northwest passage to Asia
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a more direct water route through the Americas
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northwest passage
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who did england send in 1497 to look for the northern route to Asia
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an Italian named john Cabot
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who did France hire in 1524 to look for the northern sea route to Asia?
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Giovanni Vasquez
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who else sailed for France in 1535 looking for the northern sea route, but found neither. on his travels he also named a mountain mount royal or "royal mountain"
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jasquez Cartier
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in what city did jasquez Cartier name mount royal or "royal mountian "
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Montreal
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who did the Netherlands hire in 1609 to find a passage.
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henry Hudson
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what did henry Hudson find
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discovered the river that now bears his name but turned back
following year Hudson tried again (for england) and discovered a huge bay now called Hudson bay |
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how did Henry Hudson die?
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he though the bay he found was the pacific, so after many months of searching for an outlet, the crew rebelled and sent Hudson, his son, and few fellow crew mates adrift
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the French had no interest in building an empire in the Americas so why did they open trade ports and make settlements
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the French saw profit oppurtunities from fishing and fur trade,
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who did France trade with to get furs
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native Americans
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who was sent in 1608 to establish a settlement in Quebec for France
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Samuel de Champlain
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although the Netherlands was a small country what were they equipped with
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large fleets of sailing ships that sailed all around the world
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where did the dutch settle ?
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in an area explored by Hudson (New Netherland), fort orange, new Amsterdam
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where was fort orange located
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Albany
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where was new Amsterdam located
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Manhattan island
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