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18 Cards in this Set
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What kind of Churches in 1530 was set up in Sweden, Denmark, and a few other places? |
Protestant Churches. |
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Who was influencing other countries to set up Protestant Churches? |
John Calvin. |
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What King supported the Protestants and why? |
King Henry VIII because the Catholic Church would not allow him to divorce or annul his marriage. |
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Conflicts started growing worse so countries started looking for their own way to trade and make enough _____ to support their wars. |
money |
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What does Mercantilism mean? |
Colonies that existed only to make the home country wealthy and powerful. |
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During the Spanish Armada King Henry VIII died, his son Edward died after and then Mary died soon after she took the throne. Who was the next king or queen? |
Elizabeth who was a protestant queen. |
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Since she was a Protestant Catholic Spain did not like her. Relations were strained even more because of what? |
Because English ships raided Spanish ships at sea and took their gold. |
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In 1588, Phillip of Spain assembled a fleet of how many warships in hope of forcing Elizabeth to give her throne up. |
A fleet of 130 warships. |
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English had small faster ships which sunk many of Spain's ships. Approximately how many warships made it back to Spain? |
Less than half or about 50 warships. |
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The defeat had weakened Spain which allowed who to set up colonies in America? |
France and England. |
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Who created the quote "A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing."? |
Queen Elizabeth I. |
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England sent Cabot to explore for a Northern route to Asia. What did Cabot find? |
Cabot found Newfoundland and the East Coast. They sent Cabot a second time but he and the ship never returned. Later on they realized this was no Asia. |
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What did Verrazano discover? |
Verrazano discovered the Hudson River and New York Bay. |
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What did Cartier discover? |
Cartier discovered St. Lawrence River all the way to Montreal. |
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What did Henry Hudson try to find but was unsuccessful the first two times? |
He tried to find a northwest passage to Asia. |
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What did Henry Hudson find on his third voyage? |
He found what is now New York and explored up the Hudson River. |
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Where did he reach on his fourth voyage? |
He reached Hudson Bay where he and his crew were stuck during the winter. |
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Who did the crew set adrift in a small boat? |
Henry Hudson, his son, and seven loyal crew members. They were never heard from again. |
