Age of Exploration
France’s colonial empire in North America
New France
Italian explorer, sailing for Spain, who reached the Americas in 1492 while searching for a western sea route from Europe to Asia
Christopher Columbus
a group of people who, in 1620, founded the colony of Plymouth in Massachusetts to escape religious persecution in England
Pilgrims
A land controlled by another nation
Colony
the buying, transporting, and selling of Africans for work in the Americas
Atlantic Slave Trade
Prince of Portugal and patron of exploration; he made no voyages himself but spent his life directing voyages of discovery along the African coast
Prince Henry
Spanish conquistador; from 1519 to 1521, he defeated the Aztec Empire, conquering Mexico for Spain
Hernando Cortes
First explorer to circumnavigate the globe
Ferdinand Magellan
the first permanent English settlement in North America
Jamestown
The transatlantic trading network along which slaves and other goods were carried between Africa, England, Europe, the West Indies, and the colonies in the Americas
Triangular Trade
A 1494 agreement between Spain and Portugal stating where in the world both countries were able to explore
Treaty of Tordesillas
Spanish conquistador, conqueror of Peru; founder of Lima, Peru. From 1530 to 1533, he conquered the Inca Empire
Francisco Pizarro
An imaginary line between the Americas and Europe that dictated where Spanish and Portuguese sailors can explore.
Line of Demarcation
the Spanish soldiers, explorers, and fortune hunters who took part in the conquest of the Americas in the 16th century
Conquistadors
a system of labor by which a person could work to pay off the cost of coming to the Americas
Indentured Servitude
a group of people who sought freedom from religious persecution in England by founding a colony at Massachusetts Bay in the early 1600s
Puritans
Portuguese explorer who pushed around Africa, finding a direct trade route to India
Vasco De Gama
Group of native people in Southwest United States during this time period
Pueblo
a person of mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry
Mestizo
the voyage that brought captured Africans to the West Indies, and later to North and South America, to be sold as slaves—so called because it was considered the middle leg of the triangular trade
Middle Passage
a company founded by the Dutch in the early 17th century to establish and direct trade throughout Asia
Dutch east india trade company
Portuguese explorer who led the adventure around Africa
Bartolomeu Dias
What are the names of the 3 ships that sailed with Christopher Columbus
Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
Leader of the Aztec Empire during the age of exploration
Montezuma II
Name of the threshold that held enslaved people captive which faced the Atlantic Ocean
The door of no return