American "Discovery"
Most advanced civilization
Rome
First person who realized the New World was not Asia
Amerigo Vespucci
Person who introduced tobacco to Jamestown
John Rolfe
Wrote 95 Theses protesting the Catholic Church
Martin Luther
Where the war started
North America
Period of time when Rome's knowledge was lost
The Dark Ages
Two countries that were a part of the Treaty of Tordesillas
Spain and Portugal
Southern colonies
Two groups of Puritans
Separatists and Congregationalists
First attempt to create an American identity
Albany Plan
Re-birth of culture and scientific advancement
The Renaissance
Conquered the Aztecs and the Incas
Cortez and Pizarro
Group of people who did most of the labor
Indentured servants
Government the Pilgrims created
Mayflower Compact
Name of treaty and amount of debt
Peace of Paris, $140 million
Invention that revolutionized knowledge throughout Europe
The Printing Press
Reasons the Aztec Empire fell so easily
Technology, horses, allies, disease
First government in America
House of Burgesses
Two people who helped found Rhode Island
Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson
Results from the British point of view
America is seen as important, tax the colonies, send 10,000 redcoats
Person who invested Portugal's wealth in navigation
Prince Henry the Navigator
Items that were brought to the New World in the Columbian Exchange
Oranges, tobacco, cattle, horses, and sugar
Goal of the Spanish Armada
Overthrow Protestant rule and put a Catholic on the throne
Reasons Puritanism declined
2nd and 3rd generations were less devout, the Age of Enlightenment
Advantages and disadvantages of France
Native American allies, stronger army; less colonists, resources, weaker navy