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Marco Polo
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(Italian) wrote a book with descriptions of the desirable goods in Asia, leading to Europeans’ desire to find a cheeper route to the East
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De Gama, Vasco
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(Portuguese) in 1498 sailed around Africa and reached India
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Columbus, Christopher
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Received three ships from Spanish monarchy, sailed westward. Spotted an island in the Bahamas. The most successful failure in history.
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Tordesillas, Treaty of
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(1494) Spain secured its claim of Columbus’s discovery with this. Divided the “heathen lands” of the New World with Portugal.
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Coronado, Francisco
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Discovered the Grand Canyon, the Colorado River, and herds of buffalo between 1540-42
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Pizarro, Francisco
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In 1532 crushed the Incas of Peru
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Cortes, Hernan
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Seized the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan. Brought many things to the Mexican culture.
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Conquistadores
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Conquerors
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Mestizos
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People of mixed Indian and European heritage
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Black legend
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False concept held that the conquerors merely tortured and butchered the Indians, stole their gold, infected them with smallpox.
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Raleigh, Walter
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Launched important colonizing failures in the New World. Ultimately beheaded for treason.
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Drake, Francis
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Sailed around the world returning in 1580 with many Spanish treasures. Knighted by Queen Elizabeth on his ship.
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Gilbert, Humphrey
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Supporter of the first English attempt at colonization. Failed when he lost his life in 1583.
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Spanish Armada
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Philip II of Spain’s attempt to invade England. Marked the beginning of the end of Spanish imperial dreams.
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Enclosure
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Forcing many small farmers into precarious tenancy or off the land all together
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