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| Your ability to resist a certain infection. |
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| Whatever land that they took control of, they thought that they could control and have power over everything and everyone in that area. |
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| Who was Francis Drake and what did he do |
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| Francis Drake fought the Spanish Navy. He came back the England with a ship full of silver and gold that he got from raiding a Spanish ship. Spain wanted him killed but she knighted him instead |
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| What was the Treaty of Tordesillas |
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| Spain found North America but Portugal wanted some of the lands. They could not come to an agreement amongst themselves so they asked the pope for help. Spain would have all the land west of an imaginary line running north and south through the Atlantic and Portugal would have any land east of the line. England and France ignored its terms and sent out explorers to North America to find new territories |
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| How did the English cut Spanish profits? |
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| English would raid Spanish ships and coastal towns. They could do this because they had developed small, fast, highly maneuverable vessels that were ideal for attacks on the large, slower-moving Spanish galleons. |
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| the sense of confidence and pride the people had for England's military and economic success |
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| How were indigenous people portrayed |
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| Europe was fascinated by the thought of Indigenous people in North America. Books began showing illustrations of these people being closer to nature and not together in a loud noisy city. Their communities showed equality and sharing. Many thought that these people had more enjoyable lives than the Europeans. |
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| How did expansion affect America negatively |
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Europeans saw themselves as superior to the peoples in America
They needed resources from America to help the European economy
They disregarded the rights of the Indigenous and First Nations peoples.
European expansionism also contributed to African slaves by English merchant traders. They bought or captured African men, women, and children, packed them tightly into ships and took them to the Americas. There they were sold to plantations. |
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| How did expansionism affect America positively |
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| Their economy grew and they gained more knowledge from the different countries. They got resources to make into goods to sell and they got more land for the growing population. |
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