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Sailed 1492, found the new world
a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country
a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire
a conqueror, especially one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century
Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that conquered the Inca Empire
last Inca Empero
man of mixed race, especially one having Spanish and indigenous descen
a grant by the Spanish Crown to a colonist in America
area colonized by France in North America
The first permanent English settlement in North America
a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons
English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries
Dutch colony in North America (1613–64), comprising the area along the Hudson River and the lower Delaware River
War pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France
was chief to the Wampanoag people and the second son of the sachem Massasoit
person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea
transportation by slave traders of enslaved African people, mainly to the Americas
system of trading in which a country pays for its imports from one country by its exports to another
the sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the West Indies
widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology
economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit
a company whose stock is owned jointly by the shareholders
the economic theory that trade generates wealth
The value of a nation's exports in excess of the value of its imports
bring (goods or services) into a country from abroad for sale
send (goods or services) to another country for sale

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