Vocab Flashcards
globalization
the process by which countries or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale.
Hispaniola
Present day Dominican Republic
probanza de mérito
Columbus’s Proof of Merritt or proof of discovery
Protestant Reformation
Protestant Reformation
indulgences
documents that absolved sinners of their errant behavior.
Calvinism
Reformation movement that emphasized human powerlessness before an omniscient God and stressed the idea of predestination
Puritans
a group of religious reformers in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries who wanted to “purify” the Church of England by ridding it of practices associated with the Catholic Church and advocating greater purity of doctrine and worship
joint stock company
a business entity in which investors provide the capital and assume the risk in order to reap significant returns
Pilgrims
Separatists, led by William Bradford, who established the first English settlement in New England
privateers
Sea captains to whom the British government had given permission to raid Spanish ships at will
Roanoke
the first English colony in Virginia, which mysteriously disappeared sometime between 1587 and 1590
Separatists
A faction of Puritans who advocated complete separation from the Church of England
Black Legend
Spain’s reputation as bloodthirsty conquistadors
Columbian Exchange
the movement of plants, animals, and diseases across the Atlantic due to European exploration of the Americas
commodification
The transformation of something—for example, an item of ritual significance—into a commodity with monetary value
encomienda
Legal rights to native labor as granted by the Spanish crown
mercantilism
the protectionist economic principle that nations should control trade with their colonies to ensure a favorable balance of trade
mourning wars
raids or wars that tribes waged in eastern North America in order to replace members lost to smallpox and other diseases
smallpox
a disease that Europeans accidentally brought to the New World, killing millions of Indians, who had no immunity to the disease
sugarcane
one of the primary crops of the Americas, which required a tremendous amount of labor to cultivate
