Chapter Four Flashcards
Sea captain who sailed the Atlantic in 1492
Christopher Columbus
Lands that are controlled by another nation
Colonies
Spaniard who landed in Mexico and conquered the Aztecs
Hernando Cortés
Spanish Conquerors
Conquistadors
The Aztec leader
Montezuma II
Conquistador who conquered the incas
Francisco Pizarro
Mixed Spanish and Native American
Mestizo
System where natives ranched, farmed, or mined for Spanish landlords
Encomienda
Claimed region of Quebec that became the base of France’s colonial empire known as…
New France
English settlement in 1607 that was a disaster
Jamestown
A group of people who, in 1620, founded the colony of Plymouth in Massachusetts to escape religious persecution in England
Pilgrims
A group of people who sought freedom from religious persecution in England by founding a colony at Massachusetts bay in the early 1600s
Puritans
The Dutch holdings in North America
New Netherland
The dispute over land claims in the Ohio Valley which led to war between British and French
French and Indian War
The Native American ruler, also known as king Phillip
Metacom
The buying and selling of Africans for work in America
Atlantic Slave trade
Trade route network that linked Europe, Africa, and the Americas
Triangular Trade
The voyage that brought captured Africans to the West Indies was known as…
Middle passage
The global transfer of food, plants, and animals during the colonization of the Americas
Colombian exchange
The expansion of trade and business that transformed European economies during the 16th and 17th centuries
Commercial Revolution
Economic system based on private ownership and the investment of wealth for profit
Capitalism
Company that involved a number of people pooling their wealth for a common purpose
Joint-stock committee
A country’s power depended mainly on its wealth
Mercantilism
When you sell more goods than you bought
Favorable balance of trade