Ch17Sec4GR

Guided Reading 17-4

1. In the sixteenth century, Portugal came to dominate ­­­­­­­­­­­____________________. Spain’s empire included parts of ­­­­­­­­­­­____________________, ­­­­­­­­­­­____________________, and ­­­­­­­­­­­____________________ America.

2. By 1501, Spanish rulers permitted ­­­­­­­­­­­____________________ between Europeans and Native Americans, whose offspring became known as ­­­­­­­­­­­____________________.

3. A noticeable feature of Latin American ­­­­­­­­­­­____________________ was the dominant role of the large landowner.

4. Portuguese Brazil and Spanish Latin America were colonial ­­­­­­­­­­­____________________ that lasted over three hundred years.

5. Catholic missionaries, especially the ­­­­­­­­­­­____________________, ­­­­­­­­­­­____________________, and ­­­­­­­­­­­____________________, fanned out to different parts of the Spanish Empire.

6. The United Kingdom of Great Brittan came into existence in 1707, when the governments of ­­­­­­­­­­­____________________ and ­­­­­­­­­­­____________________ were united.

7. William Pitt the Elder expanded the British Empire by acquiring ­­­­­­­­­­­____________________ and ­­­­­­­­­­­____________________ in the Seven Years’ War.

8. On July 4, 1776, the Second Constitutional Congress approved a declaration of ­­­­­­­­­­­____________________ written by Thomas Jefferson.

9. The ­­­­­­­­­­­____________________, signed in 1783, recognized the independence of the American colonies.

10. The proposed Constitution of the United States created a ­­­­­­­­­­­____________________ system in which power would be shared between the ­­­­­­­­­­­____________________ government and the ­­­­­­­­­­­____________________ governments.