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- Huguenots
- A group that made up 7-10% of France's population, but nobility consisted of 40-50%
- Edict of Nantes
- This document gave rights to the Huguenots and recognized Catholicism as the official religion of France
- Elizabeth
- Who was the Virgin Queen and the last of the Tudor monarchs?
- militant
- highly combative. Given easily to war
- decline
- The defeat of the Spanish Armada led to a__________ in Spain's naval power
- Roundheads
- supported Parliament during the English civil war
- constitutional monarchy
- The Bill of Rights laid the foundation for a...
- Puritans
- Protestants in England who were inspired by Calvinists ideas.
- Divine right of kings
- King James I justified his absolutist rule with this theory
- Mary Tudor
- What ruler re-established Catholicism in England and used the secret police to terrorize their subjects, and burned protestants at the stake.
- Mary
- Who signed the Bill of Rights?
- witchcraft
- magic that had been part of traditional village culture for centuries. Got out of hand and hundreds of thousands were put to death
- absolutism
- a system in which a ruler holds total power. Tied to the idea of Divine Rights of Kings
- England
- What country defeated the armada sent by Philip in 1588?
- Boyars
- The power of the Russian Nobility
- St. Petersburg
- a city on the Baltic Sea that allowed for a port to the west or Europe
- armada
- a fleet of warships. Spanish fleet attempted to invade England but failed
- Commonwealth
- a republic that was set up by Oliver Cromwell
- Holy Roman Empire
- where the 30 year war began in 1618
- Rump Parliament
- The Parliament members that were let after Cromwell purged them of his non-supporters
- Charles I
- Who was executed by Oliver Cromwell?
- James II
- Who did Parliament want to overthrow when his 2nd wife had a son that would be an heir and would create a long time catholic rule
- God
- What did Cromwell and his supporters believe led them to victory
- Philip II
- Who was the "Most Catholic King"
- Jean Baptiste Colbert
- controller general of finances for King Louis the xiv
- Louis XIV
- Who was the "Sun King"
- James II
- Became king in 1685 after his brother Charles II died
- Military Dictator
- After Cromwell defeated the Kings forces and dismissed the "Rump Parliament" he became what kind of leader?
- Peter the Great
- What ruler tried to Westernize Russia, modernized its military, and unsuccessfully attempted expansion?
- Sun King
- Louis xiv name for himself because he was the source of light for all his people
- Puritans
- Protestants in England inspired by Calvinist ideas
- Peter the Great
- Who established Russia's "Window to the West"
- no bloodshed
- Why was it called the Glorious Revolution
- Czar
- Russian for "Caesar" the title used by Russian emperors. Peter the Great was the first to be called this
- divine right of kings
- the king receives his power from God and answers only to god. Parliament did not like this
- Oliver Cromwell
- A military genius who composed and trained the New Model Army and fought for Parliament. Eventually established a military dictatorship.
- Charles I
- ruled after James I. Believed in the divine rights of kings. Was executed by Oliver Cromwell
- Micheal Romanov
- Became Czar in 1613 and started a dynasty that lasted until 1917
- national groups
- It was difficult for the Hapsburgs to unite the Austrian Empire under absolutist rule because it was made up of so many...
- inflation
- an economic crisis that involved rising prices
- Cavaliers
- supported King Charles I during the English civil war
- William the Silent
- leader of the dutch, prince of orange, offered resistance to phillip
- Bill of Rights
- Set forth Parliaments right to make laws and levy taxes and standing armies required Parliaments consent to be formed.
- Mary and the Duke of Orange
- Who came to power as a result of the Glorious Revolution
- Cardinal Richelieu
- Who helped to strengthen the power of the monarchy under Louis XIII and XIV by joining Protestant Sweden and Catholic France to fight the catholic Hapsburg