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| *Social system that dominated Europe. *Land was divided into hundreds of small territories, each ruled by a family of lord monopolizing wealth and power. |
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| *A revolt against religious authority in which human life on earth took precedence over the afterlife of the soul. |
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| Prince Henry the Navigator |
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| *Son of the king of Portugal. *He established an institute of eminent geographers, instrument makers, shipbuilders, and seamen on Sagres Point. |
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| *Explored Bahamas, Cuba, and Hispaniola. *1492 sailed from Palos, Spain. |
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| *System created by the Spanish crown in which colonial lords were given the right to the labor of a community of Indians;supposed to be a reciprocal relationship, with the lord protecting the Indians as well as exploiting them, but in practice it amounted to another form of slavery |
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| *Veteran of the conquest of Cuba who landed on the Mexican coast in 1519. *Overthrew Aztec empire and formed Spanish-Indian alliances. |
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| *Spanish Catholic pries who had participated in the plunder of Cuba in 1511 but later denounced the conquest. *Wrote The Destruction of the Indies and blamed Spanish for millions of deaths-genocide. |
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| *A prominen reformer even more radical than Luther. |
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| *England 1509-1547. *First supported the Catholic Church but then separated to form the Church of England. *Forged alliance with wealthy merchant class. |
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| *filled an important demand and produced high profits. *Relations between Europeans and Indians in the Northeast were dominated by commerce and not conquest. |
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| *English landlords, seeking profits in the woolen trade, fenced off lands traditionally used as common pasture for villagers in order to probide grazind lands for their sheep. *Caused by New World inflation which made price of European goods to rise steeply. *155-1650. |
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| *1560's. *Invaded Ireland across the Irish Sea and viciously atacked the Irish defenders of their homeland, forcing retreat past line of English settlement along coast. *Subdue and settle because fear Spanish subversion. |
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