Applied English for American History I

Professor Jopp's reading assignment for Monday: "Europe: The Background to Overseas Expansion"

Vocabulary

conquer (n)

conquistadores (conquistadors) (n)

seize (v)

political consolidation (n)

foster (v)

"resources were stretched to their limits"

the Black Death / plague (n)

famine (n)

aristocratic landlords (n)

"peasant serfs legally bound to the land"

"feudal" ties (n)

"rival nobles" (n)

"monarchical dynasties were challenged or toppled"

"the crowns of Aragon and Castile"

"the ascent of the Tudor dynasty"

"long baronial feuding known as the Wars of the Roses"

consolidation of of power (n)

fragment (v)

"centrally administered nations" (n)

monarchies (n)

papacy (n)

religious dissent (n)

"revitalized Catholicism" (n)

piety (n)

the Reformation (n)

Martin Luther (a name)

"secured adherence of rulers"

"a vehicle for state power"

"sever ties" (v)

"formed the sinews"

"tapping new wealth"

"accumulated capital"

"tapping new wealth"

What happened during these periods? Explain briefly.

In the two centuries before Cortes left to conquer Mexico

Early in the 14th century

In the 1340s

Between 1300 and 1400

Between 1461 and 1485

in 1518