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Christopher Columbus came across the New World looking for a direct water route west from Europe to Asia, but he never did.
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The Columbian exchange led to a huge transfer of wealth from the Americas to Europe and helped create some of the most powerful imperial powers of modern times.
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The encomienda was a Spanish labor system that rewarded conquerors with the labor of particular groups of conquered non-Christian people.
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The Spanish Empire adopted a Casta System to classify all of the Americas' various races and racial combinations.
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The native population was greatly reduced was impact smallpox had on the native populations of the Americas during European colonization.
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Hernan Cortez invaded Mexico and conquered the Aztec Empire.
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Henry VIII was the first monarch to introduce a new state religion to the English. In 1532, he wanted to have his marriage to his wife, Catherine of Aragon, annulled. When Pope Clement VII refused to consent to the annulment, Henry VIII decided to separate the entire country of England from the Roman Catholic Church.
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The Virginia Company of London was a joint-stock company chartered by King James I in 1606 to establish a colony in North America. Such a venture allowed the Crown to reap the benefits of colonization—natural resources, new markets for English goods, leverage against the Spanish—without bearing the costs
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In 1607, 104 English men and boys arrived in North America to start a settlement. On May 13 they picked Jamestown, Virginia for their settlement, which was named after their King, James I. The settlement became the first permanent English settlement in North America.
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The House of Burgesses was the elected representative element of the Virginia General Assembly, the legislative body of the Colony of Virginia.
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