Vocab: Explorers and Americas

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A company owned jointly by shareholders

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Joint Stock Company

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Spanish conquerors of Mexico or Peru in the 16th century

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Conquistador

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Sea journey of slave ships from West Africa to the West Indies.

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Middle Passage

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A multilateral trading system where a country pays for imports from one country by exporting to another.

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Triangular Trade

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Belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism

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Mercantilism

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Belonging to or associated with former times, especially quaint and attractive; known as Europe, Asia, and Africa.

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Old World

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Name of the Americas during early exploration

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New World

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A person under contract to work for another for a number of years in exchange for transport to the New World.

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Indentured Servant

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First government of Plymouth Colony established by Pilgrims in 1620.

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Mayflower Compact

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Member of a group of English Protestants (16th-17th Century) who saw the Reformation as incomplete.

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Puritans