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Edict of Nanes |
The degree issued by French King Henry the IV in 1598 that granted Huguenots a large measure of religious toleration. Was revoked by Louis XIV. |
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The Enlightenment |
The eighteenth century intellectual movement whose proponents believed that human beings could apply a critical, reasoning spirit to every problem |
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The Glorious Revolution |
The events of 1688 when Tories and Whigs replaced England's monarch James II with his protestant daughter, Mary, and her husband, Dutch ruler William of Orange; They agreed to a Bill of Rights to parliament. |
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Mary and William of Orange |
Became the rulers of England after the Glorious Revolution, created Bill of Rights to parliament. |
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The Atlantic System |
The network of trade established in the 1700's that bound together western Europe, Africa, and the Americas. |
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This acted as a network for trading slaves from western Africa to the Caribbeans that Brought in new commodities to Europe |
The Atlantic System |
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Peter the Great |
Russian tsar who undertook the Westernization of Russia and built a new capital city and names it after himself, St. Petersburg. |
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The Spanish Armada |
This was a Spanish fleet of 130 ships that sailed from A Coruna under the command of Duke of Medina Sidonia. |
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Thirty years war |
This was a war that occurred between France, The Holy Roman Empire, Spain, England, and the Ottoman Empire. |
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This was a series of wars that occurred between 1618-1648. |
Thirty years War |
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The Fronde |
A series of Civil Wars in France between 1648-1653 occurring in the midst of The Franco-Spanish war. |
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English civil war |
a war occurring in 1642-1651, between the Royalists and the Parliamentarians. |
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Oliver Cromwell |
an English military and Political Leader and later Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland. |
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Women Question |
The question of what role women should play in civilization. |
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Deism |
The belief that God has created the Universe but remains apart from it and permits the creation to administer itself through natural laws. |
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George Whitefield |
an English Anglican cleric who helped spread the Great Awakening in Britain and, especially, in the American colonies
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