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30 Cards in this Set
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Dissenters
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Protestants who differed with the Church of England
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Armada
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Spanish fleet - Phillip II lost to England
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Phillip II's Rival leader
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Elizabeth I of England
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El Greco
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Meaning "the Greek" - a famous painter of Spain's Golden age
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Don Quixote
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The first modern novel in Europe written by Miguel de Cervantes
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St. Bartholomew's massacre
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A killing at a Huguenot and Catholic royal wedding that led to the massacre of 3,000 Huguenots. *Symbolized the complete breakdown of order in France.*
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Louis XIII
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Henry IV's son who inherited the throne at the age of 9 in 1610
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Known as "The Sun King"
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Louis XIV
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"I am the State"
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Louis XIV famous quote
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Louis XIV finance minister
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Jean Baptiste Colbert
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Balance of Power
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A distribution of military and economic power that would prevent any one nation from dominating Europe.
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Who was England ran by from 1485-1603?
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The Tudor Dynasty
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Last Tudor to rule England
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Elizabeth I
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The first Stuart ruler for England
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James I
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Oliver Cromwell
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Leader of the Roundheads
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Parliament
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The branch of English government that made a limited Monarchy?
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English Civil War
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War between Charles I (Cavaliers) and Oliver Cromwell (roundheads)
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Glorious Revolution
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James II is kicked out by Parliament and replaced by his Protestant daughter, Mary , and her Protestant husband, William.
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Habeas Corpus
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No person could be held in prison without first being charged w/ a specific crime.
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Limited monarchy
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a constitution or legislative body limits the monarch's powers.
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Petition of Right
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King cannot raise taxes w/o Parliament's consent and he cannot put someone in jail for no just cause.
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Act of Supremacy
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made the Monarch head of the Church of England.
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Mercenaries
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soldiers for hire
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depopulation
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Reduction in population
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Peace of Westphalia
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Ended the Thirty Years' War. It marked the end of the Holy Roman Empire as an effective institution and inaugurated the modern European state system
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Frederick II
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Leader of Prussia
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Maria Theresa
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Leader of Austria
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How did Frederick the great (II) rule his country?
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Harsh military
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Peter the Great
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Russian leader to worked to westernize Russia
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Westernization
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the adoption of western ideas, technology, and culture
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