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Christopher Columbus
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Took 6 years to get funded
Paid for 3rd Ship, Isabella payed for the other 2 ships. Landed in Bahamas |
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October 12, 1492
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Date Columbus made it to America
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San Salvador
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Where Columbus landed, means Our Savior
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Longships
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Viking Ships
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How was America in 1941?
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Independent Development
No Domesticated Animals |
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Bering Straight
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Where Americas began to populate in 1940's. Area between Alaska and Russia
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Maya
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Central America - Yucutan
Most Sophisticated Wrote alot, undecipherable |
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Teothiuacan
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city of god
500 different tribes |
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Cahokia
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Most Vibrant Culure - Called Mound Builders.
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Native Americans and Disease
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90 - 95% were killed by disease
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Why didnt Europe find the New World
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China powerful but not intrigued.
Europe wannabe |
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What was Columbus searching for?
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A faster route to China, called Native Americans Indians because he thought he found India.
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Muslim Culture
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Number 2 behind China, controlled Indian Ocean and Southern Mediterranean and mande money off tolls.
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How was the Old World in 1941?
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Violent and Brutal
Lots of disease Kings own almost everything |
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What motivated exploration?
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Technology, profits and religion. Gold, God and Glory.
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Protestant Reformation
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1517 - began w/ Martin Luther writing the 95 Thesis because of the Sale of Indulgences.
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Sale of Indulgences
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Selling forgiveness of your sins. Catholic Church did this because Church was so expensive
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John Calvin
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Created Calvanism (Puritian) Thought you could only get into heaven if you are one of the elect.
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Martin Luther
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Created 95 thesis to impose the sale of indulgences.
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Printing Press
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Helped spread Luthers word - Invented by Gutenburg
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Lutherans
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First Protestant People, Luther thought that all you needed was faith to get into heaven.
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How was Portugal?
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No Science, No Rationalism
Took 50 years to get to China by going around Africa. First to exploit slavery |
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Fernando and Isabella
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Marriage united Kingdoms to form Spain. Funded Columbuses voyage. Funded 2 ships.
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Spanish Conquestador
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Spanish soldier in New World Terms, Explorer
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Reconquista
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Conquest to defeat the Mooores or Muslims. 700 year war, fight for god.
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Hispaniola
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First Spanish Colony. Spanish were violent. 2 Indian Tribes. Arabs and Arowaks
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Amerigo Vespucci
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Sailed w/ Spain, Italian, named America after him.
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Encomeda System
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Conquistadors were given land to do as they please. Took over India Lands and then made them into slaves.
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Hernan Cortez
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Conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire
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Montezuma
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Aztec Emporer. Thought Cortez was a God. Indecisive though.
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Defeat of Aztec Empire
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Defeated by Cortez and his Tlaxcaltec allies. Montezuma was stoned to death by his own people
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Tenochtitlan
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Aztec Capital - Now Mexico. Great pyramid destroyed by Spain, replace w/ cathedral
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Galleon
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Spaniard Treasure Ship.
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St Augustine
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First European Site Found
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Piracy/Privateers
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Piracy began when the Galleons would move out to sea w/ 20 - 30 ships together. Easy target. Privateers were hired Pirates by the government.
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De Soto
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Spanish Conquistador - Searched through North America for Gold and empires, found nothing.
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Columbian Exchange
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Exhange of Everything between the New World and Old World. New world got disease.
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Sugar
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Derived from beets, great way to make money huge in trading.
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Small Pox
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Killed more humans out of all diseases
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Leaf Erikson
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Viking who found North America called New Fineland or New Foundland.
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John Cabot
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Italian hired by English, sailed to New Fineland, known in England as a hero, went on new voyage, lost at sea
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Henry VIII
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King Of England, Defender of Faith, Wanted a son to take over thrown, Married to Spanish Princess Catherine of Aragorn
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Anne Boehln
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Second wife of Henry VII, had a daughter w/ him. Never gets a son from him and gets 6 more wives.
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Henry VIII gets a son
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Son was too weak to take over the thrown.
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Elizabeth
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Ann Boehlns daughter.
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Spanish Armada
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In 1588, the king of Spain invaded England. 30,000 troops
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Ireland
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Taken over by England under Elizabeth. Catholic/Protestant.
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Sir Walter Raleigh
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English Conquerer. Found Roanoke, Virginia (lost Colony) Hooked up w/ Elizabeth.
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Joint-Stock Companies
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profit ventures, makes profit for crown investors. Found Virginia.
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