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Section 1

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New Laws of 1542

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Bartolome de Las Casas convinced the King of Spain to institute these laws, which ended American Indian slavery, ended forced Indian labor, and began the process of ending the encomienda systems. (p. 11)

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Hernan Cortes

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He conquered the Aztecs in Mexico. (p. 8)

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compass

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One aspect of the Renaissance was a gradual increase in scientific knowledge and technological change. Europeans made improvements in the inventions of others. this invention was used in sailing. (p. 5)

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Roanoke Island

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In 1587, Sir Walter Raleigh attempted to establish a settlement here, but it failed. (p. 9)

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corn

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The Mayas and the Incas cultivated corn as an important stable food supply. (p. 2)

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Ferdinand and Isabella

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They united Spain, defeated and drove out the Moors. In 1492, they funded Christopher Columbus's voyage to America. (p. 5)

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Woodland mound builders

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American Indian tribe east of the Mississippi that prospered because of a rich food supply. (p. 4)

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asiento system

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This system required that a tax be paid to the King of Spain, for slaves that were imported to the Americas. (p. 8)

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nation-state

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In the 15th century, small kingdoms and multiethnic empires were being replaced by nation-states. Nation-states were countries in which the majority of people shared a common culture and common loyalty toward a central government. (p. 6)

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horses

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It was not until the 17th century that the American Indians acquired these animals from the Spanish. (p. 4)

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Mayas

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From A.D. 300 to 800, this highly developed civilization built large cities in what is today's southern Mexico and Guatemala. (p. 2)

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Christopher Columbus

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He spent 8 years seeking financial support for his plan to sail west from Europe to the "Indies". In 1492, he sailed from the Canary Islands to an island in the Bahamas. His success in discovering lands on the other side of the ocean brought him a burst of glory in Spain. (p. 7)

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slavery

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As far back as the 1500s the Spanish brought captured Africans to America to provide free labor. (p. 11)

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slave trade

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Since ancient times people in Europe, Africa, and Asia had enslaved pepoe captured in wars. In the 15 century the Portuguese began trading for slaves from West Africa. They used slaves to work in sugar plantation off the coast of Africa. Using slaves was so profitable that when the Europeans settled in the Americas, they instituted the slave system there. (p, 6)

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encomienda system

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King of Spain gave grants of land and natives (as slaves) to individual Spaniards. (p. 8)

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land bridge

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Some time between 10,000 and 40,000 years ago, people migrated from Asia to the Americas, across this area that connected Siberia and Alaska. (p. 2)

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Aztecs

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Starting about 1300, this civilization flourished in central Mexico. (p. 2)

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Native Americans

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The first people to settle North America arrived as many as 40,000 years ago. They came from Asia and may have crossed by a land bridge connecting Siberia and Alaska. (p. 1)

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Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)

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In 1494, this treaty between Spain and Portugal, moved the line of demarcation that the pope had established a few degrees to the west. (p. 8)

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conquistadores

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These Spanish explorers and conquerors of the Americas sent ships loaded with gold and silver back to Spain making it the richest and most powerful nation in Europe. (p. 8)

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printing press

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This invention in the 1450s spread knowledge across Europe. (p 5)

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Protestant Reformation

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In the early 1500s, certain Christians in Germany, England, France, Holland, and other northern European countries revolted against the authority of the pope in Rome. (p. 6)

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Hokokam, Anasazi, and Pueblos

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These American Indians were located in the New Mexico and Arizona region. They developed farming using irrigation systems. (p. 4)

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Henry the Navigator

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The monarch of Portugal. (p. 7)

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John Cabot

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An Italian sea captain who sailed under contract to England's King Henry VII. He explored the coast of Newfoundland in 1497. (p. 9)

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Francisco Pizarro

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He conquered the Incas in Peru. (p. 8)

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Incas

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This highly developed civilization developed a vast South American empire based in Peru. (p. 2)

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disease

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When Europeans came to America they brought smallpox and measles to which the natives had no resistance. Millions of American Indians died from these diseases. (p. 8)

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Henry Hudson

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This English sailer was hired by the Dutch government to seek a westward passage to Asia through North America. In 1609, while searching for the passage, he sailed up a broad river that would later be named the Hudson River. (p 10)

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Iroquois Confederation

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A political union of five independent American Indian tribes in the Mohawk Valley of New York. (p. 5)

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Bartolome de Las Casa

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A Spanish priest who was an advocate for better treatment of Indians. (p. 11)

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