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| Large increase in the number of women and Africans in the population of Virginia |
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| Assistance from Native Americans |
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| Helped the Pilgrims to survive early hardships in their settlement at Plymouth. |
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| Capture of emperor Atahualpa and fighting among themselves |
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| Helped the Spanish conquistadors defeat the Incas |
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| Challenges faced by the colonists at Jamestown |
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| European diseases and help from neighboring Indian groups |
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| Helped the Spanish conquistadors defeat the Aztec Empire |
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| Created conflict between New France and New Netherlands |
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| Signers agreed to make and obey laws for the general good before going ashore at Cape Cod, Massachusetts and establishing the Plymouth colony in 1620. |
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| A direct water route to Asia through or around North America, sought by Western European explorers |
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| Movement that led to the creation of many different Christian churches and rivalries between nations. |
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| Virginia House of Burgesses |
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| Representative assembly in colonial Virginia; Marks the beginning of representative government in the English colonies. |
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| Legal document giving certain rights to a person or company. |
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| French colonists who lived and worked in the woods and had friendly relations with Native Americans |
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| The second highest social class in New Spain; Born in the Americas to Spanish parents, they were often wealthy and well educated. |
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| Land grants from the Spanish government that included the right to demand labor or taxes from Native Americans. |
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| Most European nations rulers supported a particular religion to help them maintain order. (e.g.England: Anglican/Protestant, France: Catholic) |
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| People of mixed Spanish and Indian background made up the class just above the Indians, who were the lowest social class in New Spain. |
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| The highest social class in New Spain; Born in Spain, they held the highest jobs in the government and the Church. |
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| potatoes, tomatoes, maize |
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| Traveled from the Americas to Europe in the Columbian Exchange |
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| Example for others to follow in the future |
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| Forts where soldiers lived in New Spain. |
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| Towns in New Spain, which were the centers of farming and trade |
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| Traveled from the Americas to Europe in the Columbian Exchange |
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| wheat, bananas, horses, cows |
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| Traveled from Europe to the Americas in the Columbian Exchange |
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