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| his discovery led to European colonization of the Americas. |
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| Explored Panama and was the first European to see Pacific Ocean. |
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| Was looking for an all water route to Asia through the Americas. One of his ships was the first vessel to sail around the world. |
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| a narrow passage that connects two body of water. |
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| He was the Spanish conquistador that conquered the Aztecs. |
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| Aztec leader met with Cortés and tried to get him to leave, by offering him gold. |
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| large farms worked by laborers who live on the property. |
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| land grants that included the right to demand labor or taxes from Native Americans. |
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| Was a Spaniard that protest the brutal treatment of the Native Americans. |
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| Highest social class in the Spanish empire. They were born in Spain and helped the highest jobs in the empire. |
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| held that colonies existed to make the home country wealthy and powerful. |
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| An Italian explorer who sailed for england. He explored northern areas of the Atlantic which include Newfoundland. |
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| a sea route from the Atlantic to the Pacific that passed through or around North America. |
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| English explorer who sailed for Holland. He discovered the Hudson River and other areas in New York and Canada. His crew mutined against him and he was never seen again. |
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| A French explorer that made 11 voyages to the new world. He started the colony of Quebec and Lake Champlain in upstate NY, is named after him. |
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| The French term for "runners of the woods," were independent traders who lived among the Indians. |
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| A French missionary that explored the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River. |
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| an agreement between parties that benifits them both. |
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| not bending; not flexible |
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| to give back something taken away |
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| territorial district of a country |
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| inner drive that causes a person to do something. |
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