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herman cortes
Spanish soldier that conquered the aztecs
junipero serra
Franciscan missionary who settled California
Amerigo Vespucci
Mapmaker and explorer who said america was a new continent, so america was named after him
pizzaro
introduced the horse, military guns and cannons to ambush the inca
Vasco de Balboa
his settlement lead to the conquest of the aztec and inca empires
cabeza de vaca
he explored the texas interior on his way to mexico
de la salle
First european to go down Mississippi river to the gulf of mexico, Father of louisiana territory
Cahokia
Mississippian settlement near present-day East St. Louis, home to as many as 25,000 Native Americans
anasazi
An early Native American people who lived in the American Southwest, dwelled in caves and had irrigation
three sisters
Crops that formed the basis of agriculture in the Western Hemisphere about 9000 years ago. These crops provided the Indians of the Western Hemisphere with food and began their agricultural knowledge.
Caravel
A small, highly maneuverable three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic.
Plantation
large estate farmed by many workers
Dark continent
Africa is called this because the Europeans knew so little about it
Ferdinand and Isabella
The king and queen of Spain who gave Columbus the funds that he needed to find a route to Asia.
Christopher Columbus
He mistakenly discovered the Americas in 1492 while searching for a faster route to India.
Columbian Exchange
The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus’s voyages.
Sugar Revolts
By the end of the 17th century, the British had also established stakes in the Caribbean, and slavery became an integral part of their newly settled colonies almost from the start. Dutch traders, who had a foothold in Brazil, first introduced sugar making to English colonists on the island of Barbados in the 1630’s. From humble beginnings, the British sugar industry spread north to the Leeward Islands, where it soon wrought a social, economic and political transformations.
treaty of tordesillas
A 1494 agreement between Portugal and Spain, declaring that newly discovered lands to the west of an imaginary line in the Atlantic Ocean would belong to Spain and newly discovered lands to the east of the line would belong to Portugal.
Encomienda
A grant of land made by Spain to a settler in the Americas, including the right to use Native Americans as laborers on it
Conquistador
A Spanish conqueror of the Americas
Capitalism
An economic system based on private ownership of capital
Mestizo
A person of mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry.
pope’s rebellion
An Indian uprising in 1680 where pueblo rebels in an attempt to resist catholicism and Europeans all together destroyed every catholic church in the province and killed scores of priests and hundreds of spanish settlers.
Black Legend
False notion that Spanish conquerors did little but butcher the Indians and steal their gold in the name of Christ.
California Missions
21 religious outposts established between 1769 and 1833 in California. Most by the Franciscans, and most along with a military presidio nearby
