Vocab
A legal document giving rights to a person or company
What is a charter
This man led the conquest into the Aztec empire
Who is Hernando Cortes
Started the Protestant Reformation by nailing his loooooong list of grievances on the door of a Catholic church
Who is Martin Luther
To gain wealth through trade.
The Natives sold this island to the Dutch.
New Amsterdam (Manhattan)
A mistreatment of a group of people based on their beliefs
What is persecution
This empire is set upon the ridges of the Andes Mountains in Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Ecuador.
What is the Incan Empire
A much coveted water route from the Atlantic to the Pacific
What is the Northwest Passage
Founded by Samuel de Champlain and Jacques Cartier as their first settlement in the new world.
Quebec City
Separatists first moved here before deciding they would be happier in the New World.
The Netherlands
A fort or military outpost
What is a presidio
Gold, God, Glory
What is the "motto" of Spanish exploration
John White led a group to this island to start a colony which had a surprisingly mysterious fate.
What is Roanoke
Runners of the woods
Coureurs de bois
A short lived successful uprising of the Natives Americans against the Spanish.
The Pueblo Revolt
An English settler who sought religious freedom in the 1600s
What is a puritan
Superior armor, weapons, belief they were gods, disease
What are reasons the Spanish were victorious over the Native empires
What is King Philip's war
Traveled the length of the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico, named the land Louisiana after the French king Louis XIV.
Robert de La Salle
Amicably lived among them, trading tools, cloth, etc as well as teaching one another hunting and trapping skills.
The French
Elected representative assembly of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
What is the general court
He traveled as far as Arizona, New Mexico and the Grand Canyon looking for the famed "7 cities of gold"
Who is Francisco Coronado
Led a rebellion against the governor to push him to protect English settlers as they fought against the natives and took over their land. He even burned the capital but the rebellion died when he unexpectedly passed away.
Who is Nathaniel Bacon
Built these along the river banks to protect settlements from the Spanish and English
Forts
Local natives who helped the settlers at Plymouth.
Wampanoag Indians