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Dutch West India Company 209
Edwards, Jonathan (1703–1758) 213
Elizabeth I (1533–1603) 216
Elmina 218
Emancipation Proclamation (1863) 221
Encomienda System 224
Enlightenment 226
Equiano, Olaudah (ca. 1745–1797) 230
European Exploration 233
Evangelicalism 238
Fishing and Fisheries 243
Florida 246
Franciscans 248
Franklin, Benjamin (1706–1790) 251
French Atlantic 255
French Revolution (1789–1799) 259
Fur Trade 264
Gens de Couleur 269
Ghana 271
Gold and Silver 273
Gulf Stream 276
Guns 278
Haitian Revolution (1791–1803) 283
Hakluyt, Richard (ca. 1552–1616) 287
Hardwood 289
Hidalgo, Miguel (1753–1811) 292
Huguenots 294
Humboldt, Alexander von
(1769–1859) 296
Huron 299
Huron-Wendat Feast of the Dead 302
Hutchinson, Anne (1591–1643) 305
Inca Empire (1438–1533) 309
Indentured Servants 313
Industrial Revolution 316
Iroquois 321
Islam 325
Jamaica 329
Jamestown 331
Jefferson, Thomas (1743–1826) 333
Jesuits 337
Joint-Stock Companies 341
Juan Diego (1474–1548) 344
Judaism 346
Kingdom of Kongo 351
King William’s War (1688–1697) 354
Las Casas, Bartolomé de
(1484–1566) 359
Latin American Wars of
Independence 361
Legal Systems 366
Liberia 369
Locke, John (1632–1704) 372
London 375
Louisiana 377
L’Ouverture, Toussaint
(ca. 1743–1803) 380
Loyalists 383
Mali Empire 389
Maroons 392
Maya Civilization 395
Mayflower Compact (1620) 399
Mercantilism 403
Migration 407
Mississippians 411
Mississippi Bubble (1718–1720) 414
Moctezuma II (ca. 1466–1520) 417
Money 419
Moravians 421
Mourning Wars 424
Napoleon I (1769–1821) 429
Napoleonic Code 433
Nationalism 437
Native American Slave Trade 440
New Amsterdam/New York 444
New France 448
New Orleans 452
Noble Savage Myth 455
Olmec Civilization 459
Oneidas 463
Onondagas 466
Ouidah 469
Pan-Indianism 473
Pequot War (1636–1637) 477
Pernambuco 479
Piracy 482
Plantations 486
Pocahontas (ca. 1596–1617) 489
Pontiac’s War (1763–1766) 492
Portuguese Atlantic 495
Potato 498
Potosí 501
Powhatan (ca. 1550–1618) 504
Praying Indians 505
Privateering 507
Progressivism 511
