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The First English settlement in North America
Jamestown
They were driving the prices up of goods before selling them
Italian Merchants
Sailing all the way around the world
Circumnavigation
Two of the most important crops to be brought to Europe
Corn and potatoes
Known for being extremely rough and dangerous for everyone who took it but specifically the slaves on the ships
Middle passage
The leaders in the beginning of the Age of Exploration
Portugal
Crop for the Americas that many Europeans wanted after their first introduction. Needed lots of manual labor to farm this crop
Tobacco
The exchange of goods between the new world and old world
Columbian Exchange
Created in 1493 by Pope Alexander VI to try and keep the peace between 2 countries
Treaty of Torsedesillas
Whipped out millions of natives when Europeans brought it over
Disease
Spanish Conquistador who conquered the Aztecs
Hernando Cortes
The economic strategy where a country wants to become less reliant on other countries for goods
Mercantilism
Portuguese Explorer who sailed for Spain and named the Pacific Ocean
Ferdinand Magellan
The Portuguese explorer who was able to make a trade route from Portugal to India successfully
Vasca De Gama
The Leader in the slave trade
England
Portuguese explorer who tried to make it from Portugal to India but was unsuccessful in his attempts
Bartolimeu Dias
