Economic Terms
a global empire based on small outposts, rather than control over large territories.
Trading Post Empire
Sailed to India in 1498 where he claimed territory as part of Portugal's Empire.
Vasco da Gama
England’s first successful colony in the Americas, and one of the earliest colonies in what would become the United States
Jamestown
A group of English nobles invited William of Orange to invade England and become the new king and marry Mary II. Their joint rule strengthened the power of Parliament
gives all of each estate to the eldest son
Primogeniture Laws
An economic theory that requires heavy government involvement to facilitate policies designed to sell as many goods as possible to other countries in order to maximize the amount of gold and silver coming into the country and buy as few as possible from other countries.
Mercantilism
Spanish soldiers in the New World such as Francisco Pizarro and Hernan Cortes
Conquistadores
Like the Spanish, the French hoped to find gold in Canada. Instead they found a land rich in furs and natural resources. In 1608, they established this town and trading post
Quebec
The taking of more than one wife
Polygyny
Took place in 1680 against the Spanish in what is now New Mexico where the Indigenous people killed about 400 Spaniards.
Pueblo Revolt
Material wealth available to produce more wealth
Capital
financed expeditions along Africa’s Atlantic Coast and around the Cape of Good Hope. With his backing, Portugal explored African coastal communities and kingdoms before other European powers.
Prince Henry the Navigator
The grueling journey across the Atlantic Ocean for slave captives
Middle Passage
Ana Nzinga
Stood on the top of the social pyramid in Latin America, those who were born on the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal)
Peninsulares
Arrangements through which servants contracted to work for a specified period of years
Indentured Servitude
The Eastern and Western hemispheres became linked in a new way, sharing disease, foods and animals
Columbian Exchange
appointed by Spanish royalty and acted as administrators and representatives of the Spanish Crown.
Vicreoys
A Hindu warrior group who fought the Mughals in a series of battles from 1680-1707
Maratha
The high rate of inflation, or general rise in prices, in the 16th and early 17th century.
Price Revolution
owned by Investors who bought stock or shares in them. Investors financed trade by buying shares in corporations such as the Eastern Indian Company.
Joint-Stock Companies
The Pathogen spread through the respiratory system that wiped out native populations in the New World
Smallpox
Stood on the top of the social pyramid in Latin America, those who were born on the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal)
Peninsulares
Caused Catherine the Great to increase her oppression of the peasants in return for the support of her nobles to help her avoid future revolts
Pugachev Rebellion
Sided with the English in Metacom's War. The Mohegans and the ________
Peaquot