Ch. 2 Janine Zaunegger
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terms and people with their definitions from Chapter 2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Christopher Columbus | Italian explorer who found the Americas in 1492 by attempting to travel to Asia for a spice trade route. |
| Fransico Pizzaro | He conqured the Incas and converted them to Spanish Culture by mixing Indian and Spanish culture. |
| Ferdinand Magellan | Found a passageway through Asia, and was given credit to be the first person to circumnavigate around the world. |
| Hernan Cortes | Spanish Conquistador who tried to conquer the Aztec Empire but failed. Moctezuma II thought he was a god. |
| Treaty of Tordesillas | Document that was signed in 1494, which issued an imaginary line seperating land explored by Portugal and Spain. |
| Florida | Pedro Menendez de Aviles founded the oldest settlement in present day United States, St. Augustine. |
| Missons | Run by the Catholic Church, they were used to convert American Indians to the Catholic Faith. |
| Viceroyalties | Run by viceroys, they were large provinces part of a bigger piece of land. |
| Haciendas | Large farming estates that workers had to pay off their own debt and usually did not get freed. |
| Ranchos | Smaller farming estate that in which the owners worked alongside the workers. |
| John Cabot | Traveled to Americas to find the Northwest Passage, but failed. |
| Protestant Reformation | People that broke apart from the Catholic Church because of the coruption in the ways. |
| Walter Raleigh | He explored the Atlantic and founded Virgina which he named after Queen Elizabeth. |
| Francis Drake | Important sea dog who worked for Queen Elizabeth. |
| Jamestown | First settlement in the New World by the Pilgrims, named after the king. |
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