2045495853 | Arawak | indigenous group conquered by columbus | 0 | |
2045502920 | encomienda | plantations that native americans worked on | 1 | |
2045506170 | motezuma | Aztec ldr that thought Cortes was a god. conquered and killed by Cortes | 2 | |
2045515137 | malinche | cortes translator and lover. helped form alliances with native groups to overthrow aztecs | 3 | |
2045524133 | atahualpa | inca ruler who refused to convert to Christianity | 4 | |
2045530976 | francico pizarro | conquered the inca.bad ruler. killed by political rivials | 5 | |
2045537946 | tupac amaru | last ruler of inca. continued to fight on mountain of peru until captured | 6 | |
2045543797 | treaty of tordesillas | treaty btw Spain and Portugal. Divided world along an imaginary north and south line. | 7 | |
2045556850 | muslim slave trade | merchants captured innocent people and forcing them into slavery to meet the demands for markets | 8 | |
2045565020 | indentured servant | similar to slavery; voluntary, were freed after a certain number of years | 9 | |
2045569949 | middle passage | trip from Africa to Americas. Slaves died on trip | 10 | |
2045574587 | triangle trade | Americas traded raw goods to Europe, Europe traded manufactured goods to Africa, Africa traded slaves to Americas | 11 | |
2045582279 | olaudah equiano | 1st autobiography as a freed slave in England. contributed to anti slavery movement. | 12 | |
2045589000 | underground railroad | chain of safe houses that stretched from north to the south to free slaves | 13 | |
2045594280 | maroons | runaway slaves in Caribbean,Central america, south america | 14 | |
2045601453 | nanny of the maroons | famous ldr of maroon community. freed slaves,help 800 slaves get free | 15 | |
2045607929 | Nat Turner's rebellion | nat turner and others killed 60 whites, over 100 slaves killed during fight | 16 | |
2045614188 | la amistad | a ship that slaves took over | 17 | |
2045616954 | Haitian revolution | successful in getting rid of slavery in americas | 18 | |
2045621326 | saint domingue | hati; use to be a french colony | 19 | |
2045626943 | Christopher Columbus | Italian explorer who sailed across Atlantic in 1492. Arrived in Americas enslaved the Arawak and forced them to bring them gold | 20 |
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