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Chapter 14 Crisis and Absolutism
Mr. Ferguson Global Ed
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History
9th Grade
03/28/2011

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Phillip II of Spain
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the "Most Catholic King"
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Huguenot fact
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7% of French population
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Divine Right of Kings
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Kings were equal to God, therefore did not have to live by the laws of Church
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Puritans
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Protestants in England who were inspired by Calvinist ideas
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Oliver Cromwell
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defeated the king's forces and took control of England; established a military dictatorship
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Bill of Rights
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foundation of the constitutional monarchy in England
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Absolutism
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government in which a ruler holds total power
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Louis XIV
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kept nobles and royal princes out of politics by distracting them with court life
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Baroque
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style of painting using dramatic effects to arouse emotions
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William Shakespeare work
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best example of Elizabethan literature
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The Edict of Nantes
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made Catholicism official religion of France and gave Huguenots right to worship and enjoy all political privileges
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Glorious Revolution
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overthrow of James II by William of Orange with almost no bloodshed
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Toleration Act of 1689
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granted Puritans, but not Catholics, the right of public worship
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John Locke
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his ideas can be found in the American Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution
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Mannerism
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marked the end of the artistic Renaissance
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Miguel de Cervantes
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wrote the novel Don Quixote
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