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Columbus Exchange changed East and West Hemispheres Smallpox killed many natives
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Needed to replace natives dying from overwork and diseases There were 12,000 enslaved Africans by 1514
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Doña Marina, an Aztec woman, convinces thousands of natives to join Cortés King Moctezuma thought Cortés was the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl
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Cuauhtémoc led the Aztecs last battle The Spanish destroyed the city completely after they won the battle
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A Spanish priest, las Casas originally supported the enslavement of Africans He wrote "History of the Indies"
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Lima is known as "the city of kings" Incan brothers Atahuallpa and Huascar fought over who should be emperor. Huascar lost
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No one knows what happened to the people Only thing left was a sign carved into a tree: "CROATOAN"
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Stupidly settled in a swamp John Smith said, "He that will not work whall not eat." People got mad at him for that
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He was searching for mythical Northwest Passage Aligned with Algonquins for beaver fur trade
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Was first law-making assembly in an English colony Started tradition of self-government
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Created first Thanksgiving celebration They were aiming for Virginia but missed
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Indentured to a Catholic priest, Father Andrew White After freed, worked as s sailor and fur trader
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Called colony "a holy experiment" Promised to pay Native Americans for their land King owed his dad money, so Penn demanded land as payment
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James Oglethorpe wanted to make a place where people in prison for debt could start over Georgia was strategically located to protect the other colonies from attacks from Spain Savannah started with Penn and 100 ex-cons
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Original celebration lasted 3 days Proclamation stated the day be of "Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens"
