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285933831Commercial RevolutionEuropean economic expansion, colonialism, and mercantilism which lasted from 1500s to 1700s1
285933832Leaders in ExplorationSpain, Portugal, England, and France2
285933833Why explore now?eliminate Muslim middleman and discover trade routes to Asia; able to because of new tech3
285933834PortugalPrince Henry the Navigator; Bartholomew Dias; Vasco de Gama; Brazil - plantations4
285933835SpainChristopher Columbus; Reconquista; Magellan; Ferdinand and Isabella; Inquisition5
285933836Treaty of Tordesillasline of demarcation through west Atlantic; P = East; W = Spain6
285933837Englandparliamentary monarchy following civil war; competed w/ Netherlands and France; focus on N. America; join stock; Plymouth; Jamestown7
285933838Franceabsolute monarchy; Louis XIV; social = nobles, peasants, clergy; colonies N. America and Car.8
285933839Henry HudsonHudson Bay9
285933840VespucciSouth America10
285933841Ponce de LeonFlorida11
285933842BalboaCentral America, isthmus of Panama12
285933843VerrazanoNorth America13
285933844Sir Francis Drakecircumnavigate the globe14
285933845Cabotcoast of North America15
285933846Sternpost rudderChina (ship technology)16
285933847Lateen sailsallow ship to sail in any direction regardless of wind direction17
285933848caravelArabic ship18
285933849ConquistadorsCortez, Pizarro conquer Aztecs and Incas because of weapons, diseases19
285933850EncomiendaSpanish colony labor system20
285933851Social structure of Spanish coloniespeninsulares, creoles, mestizos, and mulattos21
285933852ViceroysGovern viceroyalties22
285933853Columbian Exchangeexchange of goods, ideas, and diseases between Western and Eastern hemisphere23
285933854North America to Europecaco, metals, turkeys, potatoes, beans, etc.24
285933855Europe to North Americadisease, cattle, plants25
285933856American foodpop. increase26
285933857Sugar in CaribbeanPlantations27
285933858Diseasekills natives28
285933859Mercantilismfavorable balance of trade by taking in as much gold/silver as possible and not buying foreign goods29
285933860Joint stock companiespool resources, distribute costs and risks of colonization, monopolies, and exploitation of colonies30
285933861Trading companiesDutch East India, British East India, Muscovy31
285933862Portuguesetrading post in Goa on west coast of India; control Spice Islands = naval superiority in Malacca; lost power due to Dutch, English, and French32
285933863Slavery in B & CHarsher because of more racial mixing33
285933864Govt. B & Cbureaucracies w/ set social hierarchies34
285933865Govt. in N.A.local self govt.35
285933866Economic in B & Clarge scale sugar production36
285933867Economic in N.A.small scale37
285933868L.A. British religionCatholic38
285933869L.A. British slaveryMore slavery39
285933870L.A. British pol.bureaucracies w/ set social hierarchies40
2859338713 Trade zonesCore, Periphery, and External41
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