Period 1 Flashcards
1
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1492
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Beginning of European Colonization- Columbus
2
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1494- Treaty of Tordesillas
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Divided the New World into Spanish and Portuguese spheres of influence
3
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Cortez
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Conquistadores
4
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Protestant Reformation 1527-1600s
Protestantism
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a religious reform movement that swept through Europe in the 1500s
The printing press disempowers the Catholic Church
5
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Natives forced to live and work on Spanish Missions
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Encomienda system
6
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Bartolome de las Casas
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1st Spanish advocate for the rights of the Native Americans in the New World
7
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1588 Spanish Armada
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The defeat of the Spanish fleet marked the beginning of the decline of the Spanish Empire.
English assert naval dominance
