CH Part 4 Vocab

Adventurers sent by Spain to the Americas to secure landholdings

Laws by the Spanish monarchy requested by Bartolome de las Casas to protect Indian rights

Commercial revolution from New World discovery introduced goods to Europe.

Line drawn by Pope Alexander VI dividing newly discovered lands, granting Spain territories west of the Azores.

New economic system adopted by European nations to secure wealth by exporting more than importing.

Superstitious belief attributing human traits to objects or non-human beings.

Rational philosophy accepting a first cause, denying Divine intervention.

Intellectual movement emphasizing reason and science

A key vehicle for spreading rationalist ideas, this secret organization is based on Enlightenment philosophy.

Heresy by Cornelius Jansen: man was free in innocence, but original sin led to error.