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• ​Italian Renaissance
• Urban Society
• Humanism
• Secular Focus
• Art in the Renaissance

6.1 THE RENAISSANCE

Europe is reborn! Beginning in Italy, the cultural movement known as the Renaissance brings about a rebirth of society that will forever change Europe and the world.

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• ​Voyage of Vasco da Gama
• Voyage of Columbus
• Discovery of Vespucci
• Voyage of Magellan
• Conquests of Cortés & Pizarro

6.2 AGE OF EXPLORATION

Europeans take to the seas in search of riches as trade takes over on a global scale.  In this Age of Exploration, the Old World and New World collide.

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• Spanish conquest of America
• Mercantilism 
• Birth of the Slave Trade
• Settlement of Jamestown
• Settlement of Plymouth

6.3 THE NEW WORLD: EMPIRES IN AMERICA

America is ripe with riches to be harvested.  Those willing to do the work build trading empires and set up colonies to reap the benefits of this New World.

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