Unit 3 Semester One Flashcards
James Watt
Steam engine
Richard Arkwright
Water frame
Charles “Turnip” Townsend
Crop rotation
Jethro Tull
Seed drill
Samuel Slater
Took the spinning wheel idea from Britain to the U.S
Francis Lowell
Centralized mill operations and relied on women for labor
Robert Bakewell
Crossbreeding
Hernan Cortes
Conquered the Aztecs
Francisco Pizarro
Conquered the Incas
Adam Smith
Father of capitalism
Vasco de Gama
Found a different way to India by circumnavigating New Hope. Avoided relying on the Silk Road. He went East instead of West
Peninsulares
The Ecomienda system was a forced labor system. Peninsulares were at the top of said system
Mercantilism System
Maximize imports and minimize exports
Mestizos
Europeans and Native American heritage
Mulattos
European and African heritage