Unit 1 vocabulary
Unit 2 vocabulary
Unit 3 vocabulary
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100

corn

maize

100

The Spanish conquerors of the Americas

conquistador

100

Declaration was a formal statement of the liberation of the 13 colonies from Britain and the creation of a new country—the United States of America

Declaration of Independence

100

the belief or doctrine that there are multiple gods or deities

polytheistic beliefs

100

a settlement of people living in a new territory, linked with the parent country by trade and direct government control

colony

200

groups of related families

clan

200

Descendants of Europeans born in Latin America, creoles controlled land and business

creoles

200

a group of people controlling a government, especially after a revolutionary seizure of power

Junta

200

Old World refers to a part of the world that was known to its citizens before it came into contact with the Americans

New World history focuses on North America, Central America, and South America

Old vs. New world

200

North American colonies of the British Empire against those of the French, each side being supported by various Native American tribes

French and Indian war

300

goods or money paid by conquered peoples to their conquerors

tribute

300

Spanish Conqueror of Mexico

Hernan Cortes

300

period of rigorous scientific, political and philosophical discourse that characterized European society during the 'long' 18th century

The Enlightenment

300

a successful insurrection by self-liberated slaves against French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue

Haitian revolution

300

offspring of Europeans and Native Americans (Spanish rulers permitted intermarriage)

mestizos

400

now Mexico city, where Aztec’s journey ended and established a capital

Tenochtitlán

400

an economic policy that is designed to maximize the exports and minimize the imports for an economy

mercantilism

400

led by Daniel Shays, series of attacks on courthouses and the state government in Massachusetts because the citizens did not like how the government was taxing them

Shays rebellion

400

an epic political and military struggle waged between 1765 and 1783 when 13 of Britain's North American colonies rejected its imperial rule. The protest began in opposition to taxes levied without colonial representation by the British monarchy and Parliament.

 American revolution

400

the right of landowners to use Native Americans as laborers (declared by Queen Isabella)

 encomienda

500

an ancient Inca device for recording information, consisting of variously colored threads knotted in different ways

quipu

500

the exchange of diseases, ideas, food. crops, and populations between the New World and the Old World following the voyage to the Americas

Columbian Exchange

500

James Monroe declared in a document that European nations were no longer allowed to colonize in the Americas. It was a document though, no legislation or laws.

Monroe Doctrine 

500

the governments of Spain and Portugal agreed to the Treaty of Tordesillas, named for the city in Spain in which it was created. The Treaty of Tordesillas neatly divided the “New World” of the Americas between the two superpowers.

Treaty of Tordesillas

500

Spanish and Portuguese officials who had been born in Europe and held all important

Peninsulares