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30 Years War
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the war in Germany in which the protestants and Catholics fought. It was one of the most destructive wars of the European wars.
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Absolutism
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a government in wich the ruler's power is unlimited
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Act of Supremacy
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declared Elizabeth the supreme governor of England's institutions; also declared HEnry VII "the king's majesty justly and rightly is and ought to be... the only supreme head in earth of the church of England."
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Act of Uniformity
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set up a national chruch like Henry VII. THis was the only legal church in England. People were required to attend its services or pay a fine.
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Armada
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In 1558, Philip struck at England with a huge fleet of ships known as the armada. Philip had high hopes for his mighty Armada but the skilled English sea captains destroyed it.
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Balance of Trade
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the difference in value between a country's imports and its exports.
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Bourbon Dynasty
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a group of protestants, between 1562 and 1589, there were nine civil wars between the Bourbons/ Huguenotsand the Guises/ Catholics; family of French nobles who had become protestants; hated the Guise Family.
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John Calvin
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during the reign of Henry II, thousands of people converted to Calvinsim; he was from Noyon; gave orders to the new faith; publshed a book called the Institutes of the Christian Religion.
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Candide
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a book written by Voltaire that was a satiric novel
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Capitalism
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an economic system characterized by the investment of money in business ventures with the goal of making a profit
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Cardinal Richelieu
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the cardinal appointed by King Louis XIII; devoted himself to two goals: increasing the power of the Bourbon monarchy and making France the strongest state in Europe. He saw three dangers to the French state: the independence of the huguenot cities, the power of the french nobility, the encircling armies of the hapsburgs
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Catherine de Medici
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the wife of Henry II and the mother of their four tyoung sons who were imcompetent
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