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Bartolomeu Dias
an early Portugese explorer know for his statment about his Motives.
Treaty of Tordesillas
a 1994 agreement between portugal and spain declaring that newly dicoverd lands to the wast .
conquistadors
a Spanish soilder,explorers and fortune hunters who took part in the conquest of the Am,ericas in the 16th century
Louis xvi
Bourdon King During the French Revolution
Christopher Colunbus
A Genoese sea captain who in 1492 sailed across the Atlantic in search of an alternate trad route to Asia but instead reaches an island in the Caribben.
Metacom
aalso Known as King Philp in 1675 the Native American ruler led attack on colonial village throught Massachusetts known as King Philp War
Prince Henry
called the Navigtor' for his role in promoting Portuguese explorations.
Colony
a land controlled by another nation
encomienda
a grantor land made by Spain to a settlerin North America,
Great fear
A wave of sentence panic that spread through French countryside after the storming of Bastille.
New France
the base of France colonial emipre in North America, Quebec ,founded in 1608 by exploror Samuel de Champlain
Line of Demarcation
an imaginary longtuide or north and south divide line, drawn by Pope Alexandriavi in 1493 to divide the new lands.
''God,glory,gold''
primary motives for explortion- Desire to spread Christianity, find new sources for wealth , dicover new lands and expand borders.
Check and Balance Federal system
measures desined to prevent any one of the branches dominating each other
Marie Anotoinette
queen and wife of Louis xvi member of the roal family of Austria
Tokugawa Shogumate
a dynasty of shoguns that ruled a unified Japan from 1603 to 1867
Columbian Exchange
the Gobal transfer of plants, animal and diseases
Tenochtitlan
Aztec capital where Hernando Cortes and his fellow conquistadors convinced the Aztec emperor.
plediscite
a direct vote in which a country poople have the opportunity to approve or reject a proposal
Tennis Court Oath
A national Assembly of the Thrid estate
Ming Dynasty
a chinese dynasty that ruled from 1368-1644, the doninant powerin Asia.
Francisco Pizarro
a Spanish conquistador who in 1532 conquered the Incan Empire
Manchus
a people native to Manchuria,who ruled China during the Qing Dynasty from 1405-1433.
Compass
an instrument for determing dirctions, by means of a freely rotati ng mangnetized needle that incates magnetic north
coup d etat
a sudden sezire of political power in a nation
Astrolabe
a brass circle with carefully adjus ted ring marked off in degress, by which a sea captian could calculate the ship's latitude (how far north or south of the equator)
Dutch East India Company
a company fouded by the Dutch in early 17th cantury to eastblish and direct trade throught Asia.
William and Mary
King and Queenof France after the Glorios REVOLUTION
Bill of rights
The frist Ten amendment to the U.s Constitution
Puritans
a group of people who sought freedom from religons persecution in England by founding a colony at Massachutts Bay in early 1600s
old regime
system of government in which power is divided between central authority
Hernando Cortes
a Spaniard who in 1519 ianded on the shores of Mexico
French and Indian war
conflict between Britian and France for control of territory in North America lasting from 1754 to 1763
Delclartion of Inpendence
written by Thomas Jeffferson to reflected of Jhon Lock and the Enlightenment
Esate
Social class system in France
Pilgrims
a group of poeple who in 1620 founded the colony of Plymouth in Massachusetts to escape religons persection in England.
Napolean Bonaperte
a French General who overthrew the Directory, proclamied himselef emperor
Caravel
a sturdier than earlier ships triangular sails adopted from the Arabs helped vesel to sail effectively against the wind.
Round Head
Puritan suport of Parliment fighting against the English civil war
James Town
a Virgina colony settled by the English in 1607 following a decree from king James to found a colony in North America
mestizo
a personof mixed with spanish and Native American
Montezuma
Aztec emperor invaded by Herando Cortes and his forces
Qingg Dynasty
Chian's last dynasty, which ruled from 1644 to 1912 and expanded China;s borders include Taiwan, chinese central Asia,Mongolia,and Tibet.
Diamyo
a japanese fedal lord who commanded a private army of samurai
New Nethrland
discoverd by Henry Hudson an Englishman in the service of the Netherlands
Zheng He
a Chinese Muslim admiral, he led all seven voyages of exploration under the Mng Dynasty from 1405-1433.

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