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28 Cards in this Set
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Puritans
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Group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries advocated strict religious discipline in the church.
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Episcopos
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Church government by bishops.
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James I
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King of England (1603–1625) and of Scotland as James VI.
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Charles I
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King of England, Scotland, and Ireland. His power struggles with Parliament resulted in the English Civil War.
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Petition of rights
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A remedy available to subjects to recover property from the Crown.
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Ship money
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A tax once levied on English maritime towns and shires to provide ships for war.
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William Laud
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English prelate who as archbishop of Canterbury (1633–1645) supported Charles I
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Long Parliament
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Session of the English Parliament summoned in November 1640 by Charles I to raise money.
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Triennial Act
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The act requires that the Parliament meet for at least a fifty-day session once every three years.
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New Model Army
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Army that won the English Civil Wars for Parliament.
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Oliver Cromwell
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Led the Parliamentarian victory in the English Civil War (1642–1649) and called for the execution of Charles I.
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Cavaliers
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A supporter of Charles I of England in his struggles against Parliament. Also called Royalist.
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Rump Parliament
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English Parliament immediately following the Long Parliament.
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Levellers
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English Puritan sect active at the time of the English civil war.
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Test Act
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required holders of civil and military offices to profess the established religion
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Charles II
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King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1660–1685) who reigned during the Restoration.
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James II
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The last Stuart king to rule both England and Scotland, he was overthrown by his son-in-law William of Orange.
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Glorious Revolution
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resulted in the deposition of James II and the accession of his daughter Mary II and her husband William III.
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Toleration Act
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granted freedom of worship to Nonconformists
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Thomas Hobbes
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English philosopher and political theorist
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John Locke
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He set out the principles of empiricism
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Mannerism
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An artistic style of the late 16th century characterized by distortion of elements such as scale and perspective.
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El Greco
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Greek-born Spanish painter of religious works.
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Baroque
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A style developed in Europe, England, and the Americas during the 17th and early 18th centuries.
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini
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Italian sculptor, painter, and architect. An outstanding artist of the Italian baroque period.
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French Classicism
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Art style similar to Baroque
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Nicholas Poussin
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French painter whose landscapes and religious paintings are among the greatest examples of the classical style.
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Rembrandt
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Dutch painter whose works are unmatched in their portrayal of subtle human emotions.
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