CH Part 4 Vocab

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Adventurers sent by Spain to the Americas to secure landholdings

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Conquistadors

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Laws by the Spanish monarchy requested by Bartolome de las Casas to protect Indian rights

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Law of Burgos

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Commercial revolution from New World discovery introduced goods to Europe.

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Columbian Exchange

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Line drawn by Pope Alexander VI dividing newly discovered lands, granting Spain territories west of the Azores.

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Line of Demarcation

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New economic system adopted by European nations to secure wealth by exporting more than importing.

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Mercantilism

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Superstitious belief attributing human traits to objects or non-human beings.

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Animism

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Rational philosophy accepting a first cause, denying Divine intervention.

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Deism

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Intellectual movement emphasizing reason and science

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Age of Enlightenment

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A key vehicle for spreading rationalist ideas, this secret organization is based on Enlightenment philosophy.

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Freemasonry

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Heresy by Cornelius Jansen: man was free in innocence, but original sin led to error.

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Jansenism