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Tenochtitlan
The ancient capital of the aztec empire
Reconquista
A series of campaigns by Christian states to recapture territory from the muslims
Conquistadores
explores who attempted to explore and conquer much of the Caribbean, central and south america
Colombian exchange
Swap of Old and New world germs, animals, plants, people and cultures
Bartolomé de Las Casas
A Spanish Dominican explorer who was the first to expose the oppression of Indigenous peoples by Europeans
Dum Diversas
Christians being given the right to conquer non christian’s
Doctrine of Discovery
a legal and religious concept that has been used for centuries to justify Christian colonial conquest
Repartimiento system
nearby, native towns were required to provide a fixed amount of labor each year to Spanish mines or farms 
Barthelome de Las Casas
wrote accounts of brutal, Spanish atrocities toward the native people of the Caribbean islands 
Pueblo Revolt
was a complete victory over the Spanish
Virginia company
A private business organization, who shareholders, including merchants, aristocrats and members of parliament. Establish colonies in the New World. 
Roanoke Colony
The first attempt to establish a colony that failed
Enclosure movement
pressures were put on the English to colonize the process uprooted thousands of people 
Head right system
Awarding 50 acres of land to any colonist who paid for his own or another’s passage. anyone who brought in a sizable number of servants with acquire large estate
Puritans
A group of people who different among themselves on many issues, but I’ll share the condition of the church of England retain too many elements of Catholicism and it’s religious, rituals and doctrines. Aimed to purify the church from within
