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| The King of Spain that attempted to invade England |
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| The Queen of England that defeated the invasion |
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| The name of the Spanish fleet of ships |
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| This group made up approx. 7% of France's population, but nobility consisted of 40-50% |
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| Document that gave rights to the Hugenots? |
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| What rights did the Edict of Nantes give? |
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| Recognized Catholicism as the offical religon of France, but gave the Huguenots the right to worship and hold public office. Also, to solve the religious problem the King issued this edict. |
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| Who was the "Most Catholic King" |
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| What country defeated the armada sent by Philip in 1588? |
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| Who was executed by Oliver Cromwell? |
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| James I justified his absolutist rule with this theory? |
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| Divine rights (the king gets his power to rule from God) |
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| What happend to Charles I, allowing England to become a republic? |
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| The Parliamentary forces in the English Civil War were called? while the royalist were called? |
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Why did Parliement want to overthrow James II when his 2nd wife had a son? |
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| Both the girls were Protestant and his 2nd wife had a son so that he could be an heir |
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| Who came to power in the Glorious Revolution? |
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| William of Orange and James I daughter Mary |
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| When Cromwell dismissed the "Rump Parliament" he became a? |
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What were the terms of the Bill of Rights? |
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Parliment had right to make laws/pass taxes, give consent to raise army, and gave citizens the right to keep arms and have a jury trial. |
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| Who were the Cardinals that helped to strengthen the power of the monarchy under Louis XIII and XIV? |
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| What made it so difficult for the Hapsburgs to unite the Austrian Empire under absolutist rule? |
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| Various Nationalist Groups |
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| What ruler re-established Catholicism in England, used the secret police to terroize her subjects, and burned Protestatnts at the stake? |
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| What ruler was in power during the "golden age of England" and expanded trade, made literature and arts popular, and strengthened sea power? |
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Queen Elizabeth (45 year reign) |
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| What ruler took control of Spain when it was a superpower and lost control of the Netherlands? |
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| What ruler revoked Edict of Nantes, revived French culture, and placed high taxes of peasants? |
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| What ruler tried to Westernize Russia, modernized its military, and unsucessful attemped expansion? |
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| Who est. Russia's "Window to the West"? What was the name of the city? |
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