colony
a settlement of people living in a new territory, linked with the parent country by trade and direct government control
conquistador
a spanish conqueror of the Americas
mercantilism
a set of priciples that dominated economic though in the seventeenth century, it held the the prosperity of a nation depended on a large supply of gold and silver
predestination
the belief that god has determined in advance who will be saved (the elect) and who will be damned (the reprobate)
middle passage
the journey of slaves from Africa to the Americas, so called because it was the middle portion of the triangular trade route.
rebirth
the recanation of an individual's soul in a different from after death
annul
declaare invalid
mainland states
part of a continent, as distinguished from peninsulas or offshore islands
balance of trade
the difference in value between what a nation imports and what it exports over time
bureaucracy
the diffrence in value between what a nation imports and what it exports over time
fresco
a painting done on fresh, wet plaster with water based paints
indulgence
a release from all or parts of punishment for sin by the catholic church, reducion time in purgatory after death
salvation
a state of being saved (that is going to heaven) through faith alone of through faith nd good works.
humanism
an intelectual movement of the Renaissance based on the story of the humanities, which included grammar, rhetoric, poetry, moral philosophy, and history
plantation
a large agricultural estate
moluccas
spice islands known by the europeans
council of trent
one of three chief pillars of the cathilic Reformation
prespective
create the illusion of three dimension, instead of making something look flat