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318099822Mother CountryThe country that owns a colony0
318099823MercantilismThe colony exists for the good of the mother country1
318099824Chartered CompaniesHave a charter from the king to trade exclusively with a colony. East India Trading Company.2
318099825Henry HudsonDutch explorer who discovered New York3
318099826Jacques CartierFrench explorer who discovered St. Lawrence River4
318099827JamestownFirst colony settled by the English in Virginia5
318099828PlantationLarge house for white people and a large field for the slaves to grow tobacco, cotton, or other crops.6
318099829Jamaicalargest English presence, deadly environment (malaria, yellow fever), sugar cane, slaves are treated like they are non-human, Indigenous population decimated7
318099830Middle PassageThe voyage people took from Europe to the Americas crossing the Atlantic8
318099831Male/Female SlavesTreated horribly, life expectancy is 3 years in enslavement, worked to hard to resist, some run away and form "maroon communities", most were sold in Africa, others were kidnapped, 20% died on the way there, males would work the field and the females would help out indoors and do the easier field work9
321943651Kongo KingdomAfrica. Queen Nzinga fought against the slave trade through diplomacy. Was eventually defeated.10
321943652AsanteAfrica. Grew in power through wealth in gold. Became large empire. Raided nearby cities for workers and sold slaves. Present day Ghana.11
321943653VOCDutch East India Trading Company. Monopolized India's trade of spices and teas.12
321943654Jan Pieterszoon Coenan officer of the VOC and was the governor-general of the east indies twice13
321943655Decline of the Ottoman EmpireBegan decline after Suleiman. Unable to expand and trade because they are land locked and most trade is by sea. Established black market to get around trade restrictions. Inflation. Uprisings.14
321943656MamluksEgyptian army. Powerful. Control Egypt independently.15
321943657Koprulu ReformsKoprulu family tried to instate changes that would save the Ottoman Empire. Gave them a second wind.16
321943658Speciea type of money (coins)17
321943659AurangzebMughal leader. Pushed further south in India. Less tolerant of Muslims18
321943660Jat Peasant RevoltThe Jat people in India, empire falling apart, refused to pay taxes, killed Mughal officer, seized land and plundered the region.19
321943661Jagat SethsHuge trading and banking empire in east India.20
321943662Son of HeavenZhu Yijin. 9 y.o. ruler of China. Secluded in Forbidden City. Staff of 20,000. Had little no control of government. "Inaction figure"21
321943663Bullion/monetizationto convert or coin into money22
321943664Fall of Ming CapitalMany bad rulers led to fall. Influx of silver led to inflation. Pressure on peasants led to rebellion. Natural disasters led to people believing they had lost Mandate of Heaven.23
321943665ManchusMongols. China's neighbor. Helped Li Zicheng take over Ming Dynasty. Later killed him and created the Qing Dynasty.24
321943666Qing Dynasty2nd Mongol takeover. Implement Canton System. Expanded and unified China. Economic growth. Rulers were flexible and good administrators.25
321943667Canton SystemRequires guild managers to act as guarantors of merchants behavior.26
321943668Tokugawa ShogunateMilitary leadership. Started by Tokugawa Ieyasu. Hereditary. Run the country from Edo (Tokyo). Emperor does the religious duties. Ended infighting. Samurais became government officials.27
321943669Shogun - IeyasuFirst Shogun. Claimed it hereditary. Abolished daimyos.28
321943670Japanese Restriction of TradeEuropeans only allowed in certain ports like Nagasaki. Drove out missionaries29
321943671DaimyosLords. Each one had loyal samurai. Constant fighting.30
321943672MuscovyMoscow31
321943673RomanovsTake over from Ivan IV (the Terrible). Dictatorial. No merchants. People are working to hard to plan. B/c of above no revolts. Expands into Siberia and Ukraine.32
321943674Thirty years WarWar between Protestant princes and Catholic emperor. Just because they could. Back and forth. Ended when territories were even.33
321943675FluitschipsNew European ship.34
321943676Navigation Actsonly English ships can carry good between the mother country and colonies35
321943677EnclosureLandowners took control of land that customs had treated as the common property of peasants.36
321943678Louis XIII/Cardinal RichelieuLouis was too young to rule when his father died, so he relied heavily on the advice of Cardial Richelieu to govern the kingdom, power in hands of king37
321943679Absolute MonarchyThe king can do whatever he wants without any checks.38
321943680Queen Elizabeth I"Virgin Queen", never married, extensive control over church military aristocracy, ruled in own right39
321943681William and MaryMary daughter of James II, offered monarchy when James II ran away, monarchs rule with Parliament, Protestants and Jews accepted though still have limitations, Church of England official, Catholic forbidden but tolerated, the union of Ireland and England in 1689. William was from Ireland, and Mary was English.40
321943682John LockePhilosopher. oppressive gov'ts are bad, have right to rebel41
321943683Seven Years WarFrench and Indian War. French vs. English.42

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