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44 Cards in this Set
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Siglo de oro |
The "Golden Age" of Spain |
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East India Companies |
Merchants and government come together to form transocean trading companies.
Very profitable.
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Peace of Augsburg |
Gave the ruler of each German state the right to choose the state's religion. |
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Bourgeoise |
The middle class; between aristocracy and laboring poor. |
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St. Bartholomew's Day (Massacre) |
1572 Catholic leaders in France killed 3,000 Huguenots (French Protestants) in Paris |
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Sea Dogs |
English Sailors who plundered Spanish ships. |
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Encomeinda |
System forced by the Spanish Empire in America
Indian had to work for an owner for a set amount of days in exchange for land. |
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Defenestration |
1618 emmissaries of the king and Holy Roman Emperor are thrown out the window by Protestant Bohemians and Czech |
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Mercantilism |
Commercial revolution where the poor were sent to work to make finished goods to export.
Curtail imports as much as possible |
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Politiques |
When a ruler suppresses the current religion's details to fit the ruler's needs and wants.
Elisabeth I and Henry IV |
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Edict of Nantes |
1598 Decree was made by Henry IV to restore peace in France, ruined by the Religious War, defined the rights of the French Protestants. |
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Union of Utrecht |
Formed by the Netherlands, 7 northern provinces were formed by declaring independence from Spain in 1581 |
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Calvinism |
Henry of Navarre changed his faith from Calvinism to Catholicism in order to be king of France instead of Navarre. |
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Capital |
The non-financial aspects of whats needed to do a job.
i.e. tools |
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Usury |
The charging of interest on loans
Frowned upon in the middle ages but became an accepted practice later on |
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Peace of Westphalia |
1648 Sovereignty of German Princes recognized
Ended religious issues in Europe
Ended the 30 years war |
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Vasco da Gama |
Explorer who landed on the SW coast of India in 1498
Found busy commerce
Started a war to gain control of trade |
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Magellan |
Led to an expedition in 1520 that circumnavigated the world for the first time |
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Mary, Queen of Scots |
Driven out by France and Scotland, next in line for the throne.
Plotted to kill the King
Queen Elisabeth kept her locked up for 20 years and then executed her for plotting to kill the king. |
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Duke of Alva |
Spanish Governor General of the Netherlands Appointed by Phillip II
Suppressed dissidents by appointing a Council of Trouble |
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Creoles |
American born (Indian mix) people that were looked down upon |
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Cervantes |
Writer: Don Quixote
Showed the Spaniards were aware of the tensions between high ideals and difficult realities of life. |
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Phillip II of Spain |
His father Charles V stepped down and he became ruler
Combined organizing methods of a new monarchy with interests in political/religious issues. |
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Huguenot |
French Protestants |
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Gustavus Adolphus |
Excellent Swedish King
Created the best and most modern army with weapons
Killed in Germany |
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Wallenstein |
Raised personal army in the name of the Emperor
His mercenaries lived by robbing everyone
Defeated the King of Denmark |
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Cardinal Richelieu |
King Louis XIII was a weak ruler and Richelieu filled the void.
Acted under the cover of the king
Expanded royal power, pushed dissent and built France into great European power. |
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Duke of Parma |
Governor general of the Netherlands
Able to gain support of the Southern Provinces Continued to fight with the North |
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Henry IV of France |
Henry of Navarre started the Bourbon Dynasty
Converted to Catholicism to save his dynasty
"Paris is well worth a Mass"
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Johann Fugger |
Was a small town weaver
Gradually built fortune by loaning money to Kings and Popes |
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Mestizos |
Of mixed white and Indian descents
Adopted some of the Spanish Language and Faith |
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Matthias |
Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor and King
Sent troops to Bohemia
Was deposed by the Bohemians |
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Azores |
Flemish settlement Battle of Delgado
Henry the navigator settled there |
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Goa |
Location of Portugese fortifies station on the Malabar coast of India |
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Lepanto |
Spanish+Venetians= Defeated the Turks in a great Naval battle here
Spanish Armada |
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Utrecht |
Holland, Union of Utrecht, where a treaty was formed to separate the Netherlands |
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Barabant |
Split- North went to the United Provinces after the treaty of Westphalia |
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Scheldt River |
Boarder between the East and West Empire |
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Palatinate |
Spain was eager to crush the Dutch Republic and reopen the mouth of the Scheldt River
Create a strong territorial block in central Europe |
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Spanish Netherlands |
Revolted against the Phillip II with a petition against the Spanish Inquisition ended up forming a union to drive out the Spanish, Habsburg province |
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Escorial |
The new royal residence built by Phillip II 30 miles away from Madrid on a plateau |
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White Mountian |
Battle in the early 30 Years war |
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Saxony |
Split into two, makes a separate peace with the Holy Roman Emperor in the 30 years war.
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West Indies |
Found by Columbus and thought to be outlying islands of India |