Unit 4 - Transoceanic Interconnections

mapmaking

law in which an entire estate was given to the eldest son

(1394-1460) first european monarch to sponsor seafaring expeditions

spanish explorer who circumnavigated the earth

- philippines

gained power by controlling trade rather than people

heavily armed spanish ships

a route through/around north america that would lead to east asia

french colony in north america

spanish soldiers (ex. francisco pizarro, hernan cortes)

trade of specifically african slaves that occurred across the atlantic ocean

large-scale agriculture used to sell (sale over subsistence)

ex. sugar, tobacco

dispersion of africans out of africa

signed agreement where someone works for someone else for a period of time (5-7 years) in exchange for passage to the americas

system in which individuals were considered property to be bought and sold

name given to island (now called haiti/dominican republic) by columbus

system where and encomendero was granted control over a certain number of natives

- used to gain access to gold

natives were forced to work on spanish-owned estates

- most closely related to slavery

economic system in which colonies were only supposed to trade with their mother countries

slave trade between east africa, northern africa, middle east, and india

transformation to a trade-based economy using gold and silver

business enterprise based on the sale of shares to multiple owners

joint-stock companies developed by britain, dutch, and france for trade with east and southeast asia and india

atlantic trading system; voyages had three segments

combining of difference religious beliefs and practices

aka king philip’s war (1675-1678), the result of english colonists using underhanded tactics to control native lands

1728-1740 and 1795-1796 - enslaved people in the carribean and former spanish territories in the americas fought to gain freedom

residence where a powerful man’s wives and concubines lived

plied the seas near north africa; captured other europeans in the mediterranean and sold them

latin american social system based on race and ancestry

castas: people of mixed-race ancestry

top of casta system; born on the iberian peninsula

nobles appointed by the king

power is in complete control of the monarch with no constitutional limits