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Mission #2 The Age of Exploration (1492-1609). Line of Demarcation. North-South line of longitude through the Atlantic Ocean dividing lands in the Americas claimed by Spain and Portugal. Columbian Exchange.
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Line of Demarcation • North-South line of longitude through the Atlantic Ocean dividing lands in the Americas claimed by Spain and Portugal
Columbian Exchange • Series of complex societal and environmental interactions between Europe and the Americans begun with Columbus’ first voyage.
Conquistador • Spanish for conqueror, the men who led the expeditions to conquer the Americas.
Presidio • Fort built by the Spanish in the Americas.
hidalgo • Low-ranking nobles who came to America as conquistadors.
encomienda System of rewarding conquistadors tracts of land, including the right to tax and exact labor from Native Americans.
Hacienda • A huge ranch.
Northwest Passage • The mythical northern water route through North America to the Pacific Ocean.
Puritan • Someone who wanted to purify the Anglican Church during the 1500s and 1600s.
Joint-stock company • Form of business organization in which many investors pool funds to raise large amounts of money for large projects.
privateer • Privately owned ship licensed by the government to attack ships of other countries.
burgesses • Representatives to the general assembly of the Virginia colony.
headright • System in which settlers were granted land in exchange for settling in Virginia.
Proprietary colony • A colony owned by an individual.