Ch. 20 WC
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calexandermhs on September 30, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Christopher Columbus | European who reached the islands of the Caribbean in 1492 |
| colony | lands that are controlled by another nation |
| Hernado Cortes | conquistador who defeated the Aztecs |
| conquistadors | The Spanish soldiers, explorers, and fortune hunters who took part in the conquest of the Americas in the 16th century |
| Francisco Pizarro | Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas |
| Atahualpa | Last ruling Inca emperor of Peru. He was executed by the Spanish. |
| mestizo | a person of mixed Spanish and Native American blood |
| encomienda | system of mining and farming using natives as slave labor |
| New France | French colony in North America |
| Jamestown | First permanent English settlement in North America |
| Pilgrims | a group of people who, in 1620, founded the colony of Plymouth in Massachusetts to escape religious persecution in England |
| Puritans | group of people who sought freedom from religious persecution in England by founding a colony at Massachusetts Bay in early 1600s |
| New Netherland | the dutch holdings in modern New York state |
| French and Indian War | a conflict between Britain and France for control of territory in North America, lasting from 1754 to 1763 |
| Metacom | aka King Philip, Native American ruler, who in 1675 led attack on colonial villages throughout Massachusetts |
| Atlantic slave trade | the buying, transporting, and selling of Africans for work in the americas |
| triangular trade | European trade between the Americas, Africa, and Europe involving slaves and other goods |
| middle passage | voyage that brought captured Africans to the West Indies and the Americas |
| Columbian Exchange | global transfer of foods, plants, animals, and diseases during the colonization of the Americas |
| capitalism | economic system based on private ownership and the investment of wealth for profit |
| joint-stock company | Company in which people pooled their wealth for a common purpose |
| mercantilism | economic policy of increasing wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and selling more goods than are bought |
| favorable balance of trade | condition resulting from selling more goods than are bought |
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