Transcript The trade route that transported African slaves to the Americas …

The trade route that
transported African slaves
to the Americas …
Middle Passage
An Aztec emperor ….
Moctezuma
People who take
financial risk to make
profits …
entrepreneurs
the Spanish who
vanquished the Americas
…
conquistadors
A system used to force
Native Americans to labor
under brutal conditions?
encomiendas
Those who ruled Spain’s
colonies in the name of
the spanish monarchs…
Viceroys
An economic policy based
on a nation exporting more
goods than imports…
mercantilism
An explorer who
fought and subdued
the Aztec…
Hernan Cortes
Claimed much of presentday eastern Canada for
France…
Jacques Cartier
Pirates who operated
with the approval of
European governments…
Privateers
To conquer the Aztecs
empire, Hernan Cortes…
Formed alliances with
conquered people who
hated the Aztecs
The conquistador who
added the lands of the
present-day countries of
Peru, Ecuador, and Chile
to the Spanish empire
was…
Francisco Pizarro
At the top of Spanish
colonial society were
the….
peninsulares
Through the Treaty of
Tordesillas in 1494….
Portugal claimed its
empire of brazil.
The population of New
France grew slowly
because….
The harsh winters kept
many French from
settling there
The English colonies of
Massachusetts, Pennsylvania,
and Maryland were mainly set
up as…
Havens for persecuted
religious groups.
The first leg of the
triangular trade route..
Brought Europeans
goods to Africa
What is an estimate of the
number of Africans that
probably died in passage to
the Americas during the
Atlantic slave trade…
2 million
Widespread inflation struck
Europe in the mid-1500s due
to the increasing amounts
of…
Silver and gold from the
Americans
What mercantilism policy was
designed to protect local
industries from foreign
competition…
Tariffs increased the
price of imported goods
When he encountered the
Taino people in the West Indies
, Christopher Columbus…
Claimed their land for the
Spanish King
When the Aztec emperor first
heard about the arrival of
Spanish explorers, he sent
them gifts because…
He thought they might
have been gods
The Spanish king
maintained strict control
over his empire through…
His council of Indies in
Spain that monitored
colonial officials
In Spanish colonial society,
creoles were…
Native-born descendant
of Spanish settlers
To ensure that its colonies
would be profitable, Spain
…
Established strict trade
laws for its colonial
In 1607, the English
established their first
permanent colony in the
Americas at…
Jamestown, Virginia
What lands did Britain gain
as a result of the Treaty of
Paris in 1763?
Dutch sugar-producing
islands in the caribbean
Which foods were first
introduced to the
Americas by Europeans
through the Columbian
Exchange?
Wheat and grapes
How did Spain try to
change its American
colonies with the New
Laws of the Indies in 1542?
The laws forbade
inslavement and abuse of
Native Americans.
What is true about the
economic system of
capitalism?
It encourages private
ownership of most
businesses.
The establishment of the
“putting-out system” would
later lead to…
Capitalist-owned
factories of the Industrial
Revolution
The Mayflower Compact
…
Set out guidelines for
governing the Plymouth
colony.
What did the Spanish do in
their effort to gain control of
the Incas?
They captured the Inca
ruler Atahualpa.
Joint stock companies
allowed early European
capitalists to ….
Raise large amounts of
capital
The period in European history
in the 1500s when rising
inflation rose rapidly is known
as …
The price revolution