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20 Cards in this Set
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Aztecs
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natvie american ppl that settled in the valley of mixico and later developed a powerful empire; conquerors and human sacrafice
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Caravel
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a ship that allowed you to sail against the wind; lighter and swifter
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Astrolabe
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an instrument that navigates by stars
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Columbian Exchange
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the exchange of goods between africa, europe, and america
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joint stock company
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investors who pooled their money into a colony that would hopeully make money and they would recieve a piece of it
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jamestown
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first successful colony, came to look for gold, but didnt find any
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puritans
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wanted to eliminate all traces of Roman catholic rituals and traditions in the church of england
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quakers
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believed gods "inner light" burned inside of everyone, allowed everyone to speak, no formal minister
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indentured sevant
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people for exncahnge of passage, food, and shelter, served as slaves
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mercantilism
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suplling raw materials and providingmarkets for manufactured goods from another country
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navigation acts
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series of laws passed by Parliament to regulate trade between the colonies and great brittain, gb got the better deal
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salutary neglect
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an english policy of relaxing the enforcement of regulations in its colonies in return for the colonies continued economic loyalty
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cash crop
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a crop grown by a farmer for sale rather than personal use
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triangular trade
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goods and people that were exchanged betwee africa england europe west indies and america
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middle passage
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the voyage that brought nslaved africans to the west indies and north america
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enlightenment
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emphasized the use of reason and the scientific method as means of obtaining knowledge
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great awakening
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a revival of religious feeling in the american colonies
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french and indian war
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the conflict over the ohio r valley ; french and indians vs brittain
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proclamation act
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brittain prohibited american colonists from settling west of the appalician mountains
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slave codes
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laws used to control blacks
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