History test Flashcards

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Age of exploration(motivations)

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  • Reformation- personal relationship-with god not church-challenging things.
  • Renaissance- rebirth of Europe
    -Humansim/individualism.
    New Technology
    -shipbuilding,navigation tools
    • astrolabe, sextant, caravel
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Portugal

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-First established European country
- Prince Henry the navigator
- colonization put Portugal on map.
-wanted to go to India to get spices
Vasco de gama
- came up with idea to only deal with Portugal
-monopoly= control every option in an industry
- Ferdinand Magellan
- came up with circumnavigation

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Spain

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-jealous of Portugal
- gets involved in game
- Columbus abused rights
- Paid for him to go over there
- coconuts, tobacco, corn and potatoes
-thrilled with unknown resources
-Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizarro(1520)

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France

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-French did not colonize Canada-bad resources
- make there way down to U.S
- Hits Appalachian Mountains
-Spain is gonna notice
-created relationship with natives
-brought weapons for natives
shows loyalty
marry off
- got wealthy over beaver pelt
-shipped it to Europe
- told Natives to leave them alone eventually

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Britain

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-13 colonies
- big player in American revolution

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Vikings

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-1000 AD
-believe earth is so flat
-coming to concur
-Plunder- go through and take
- small journeys.
-concur, take, and leave

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