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Phillip II
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King of Spain, El Escorial, Was really catholic and liked to think of himself as defender of the faith. Fought against Protestants and attacked ottoman empire. Catholic Phil.
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Hugenots
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French Protestants
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Henry of Navarre (henry the fourth)
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Hugenot king of bourbon dynasty in France. He was catholic and people opposed him because of this-- so he became protestant because he was a politique
(Henry of Navarre the Negotiator). Wrote the edict of nantes |
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Cardinal Rich
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was elected kind after king Louis the THIRTEENTH not fourteenth discovered he was a crappy ruler so he had cardinal rich take over.Got france involved in thirty years war and told hugenots they weren't allowed to have walls.
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Louis XIV (Sun King)
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angry at nobility, weakened their power. tried to make france great but then he got caught up in wars and basically bankrupt his entire country. Revoked edict of nantes.. He didn't like the protestants. Really liked the arts.
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Cardinal Mazarin
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Advisor to LOuis the FOURTEENTH and ruled while Louis was too little to rule. regent or whatever, Hated by nobles, taxed people a lot, ended 30 years war.
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Jean Baptiste Colbert
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basically just financial minister to Louis the fourteenth and he wanted to make france self-sufficient. he believed in merchantalism
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Ferdinand II
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King Of Bohemia, head of Hapsburg family and future HRE. Protestants in Bohemia didn't like him bc he was catholic and a foreigner. he closed some protestant churches and the people revolted against him and he crushed the revolt. Protestant German princes took this as an excuse to question Ferdinand and it led to the thirty years war.
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Christian IV
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King of Denmark
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Gustavus Adolphus
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Think of the guy from dinner for schmucks.. He was sort of a King of Sweden and the name sounds Swedish and he got his finger chopped off (gustavus died in battle but for all we know he could have had his finger chopped off you know yolo).
And Adolphus drove the Hapsburgs out of north Germany which was the first Hapsburg failure in the 30 years war. |
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Hapsburgs
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Catholic Rich Ruling Family of HRE. Enemies of France
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Hohenzollerns
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Rich ruling family of PRUSSIA
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Freddy G
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part of hohenzollerns, went to war with Maria T, ruler of Prussia, wanted Silesia...
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Maria T
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ruler of Austria.. War of Austrian Succession, was a strong ruler even though ppl thought shed be bad cause she's a chick
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Ivan the terrible
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killed his son.. bad guy
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romanovs
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Family that ruled over Russia for 300 years
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peter the great
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traveled west to make Russia more european
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James I
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Bible written after.. struggled with money.. offended Puritan members of parliament . refused to make puritan reforms.
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Charles I
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son of James, always needed money, dissolved parliament when they wouldn't give it to him. forced to sign petition of right
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Cavaliers
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or Royalists, Charles Lovers (rode on horses
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Roundheads
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Charles haters... had funny hair cuts
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Oliver Cromwell
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Puritan general that took over after Charles. abolished monarchy.
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Puritans
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wanted to make the Anglican church less catholic
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Charles II
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merry monarch, restoration king, brought back the monarchy
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JAMES II
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kicked out by daughter and son-in-law because he appointed a bunch of catholics and that made the protestants mad
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William and mary of orange
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recognized parliament as partner in governing. established a constitutional monarchy.
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divine right
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belief that the right to rule comes from God
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politque
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person that puts country before themselves
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mercantilism
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be self sufficient and get money
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westernization
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peter the great did it for Russia, influenced by western customs, economy
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el escorial
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palace of Phillip II
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Union of Utrecht
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when Netherlands broke away from Spain
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Edict of Nantes
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ended religious wars in france, henry said lets get along. legalized protestants
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edict of fontainbleau
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revoked edict of nantes, Sun king did this
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versailles
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palace of lous the fourteenth
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Fronde
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seven years of rebellion by French nobles, ended bc of internal conflict and tired of fighting. these rebellions were against Mazarin
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league of augsburg
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anti-france alliance
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war of Spanish succession
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keep spain and france separated,
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treaty of utrecht
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Spain and France aren't allowed to band together or unite or anything like that
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peace of augsburg
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legalized Lutheranism, allows german princes to choose own religion
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defenestration of prague
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random cath ppl thrown out window into manure
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edict of restitution
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ferdinands attempt to restore religious and territorial settlement
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Peace of Westphalia
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treat to end 30 yr war
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Pragmatic Sanction
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edict by HRE Charles VI declaring tha his faughter gets right to rule
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War of Austrian SUccession
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freddy wanted SIlesia
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Seven year war
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Maria T alliance with France. Made GB mad because GB hates France. So GB joins Prussia. Freddy G attacked Saxony, another one of Maria T's allies. resulted in France losing colonies in America and west indies so british is basically controlling all of that
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English civil war
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basically all about whether you like Charles or hate him
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Restoration
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period of Charles II rule when he restored monarchy
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Glorious Revolution
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bloodless overthrow of King James II
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