They wanted to be isolated because they wanted to reject foreign influence. (Wanted to develop a strong and unified culture)

Francisco Pizarro- led Spanish force Hernan Cortes-defeated the Aztec temple

The main economic activity was trade in beaver fur.

Slaves were brought to the Americas for labor

Two places where the British settled was in Jamestown and New Netherlands.

The reason why the Native Americans lost their way of life was through conquest and influence of British settlers

The triangular trade was a trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas. The traders brought sugar, coffee, and tobacco to Europe from the Americas. The trade

Spain and Portugal solved their differences over claims to new lands by signing the Treaty of Tordesillas.

The Columbian Exchange took important food, such as corn and potatoes, from the Americas. The Columbian Exchange brought bananas, black-eyed peas, and yams to t

Colonies were important to European mercantilism because they provided goods that could be sold in trade.

Land in America

After Japan instituted a "closed country policy" in 1639, the port at Nagasaki was the only one open to foreign traders; with only the Dutch and Chinese allowed

Encomienda system