Age Of Absolutism

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Dissenters

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Protestants who differed with the Church of England

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Armada

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Spanish fleet - Phillip II lost to England

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Phillip II's Rival leader

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Elizabeth I of England

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El Greco

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Meaning "the Greek" - a famous painter of Spain's Golden age

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Don Quixote

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The first modern novel in Europe written by Miguel de Cervantes

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St. Bartholomew's massacre

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A killing at a Huguenot and Catholic royal wedding that led to the massacre of 3,000 Huguenots. *Symbolized the complete breakdown of order in France.*

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Louis XIII

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Henry IV's son who inherited the throne at the age of 9 in 1610

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Known as "The Sun King"

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Louis XIV

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"I am the State"

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Louis XIV famous quote

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Louis XIV finance minister

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Jean Baptiste Colbert

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Balance of Power

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A distribution of military and economic power that would prevent any one nation from dominating Europe.

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Who was England ran by from 1485-1603?

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The Tudor Dynasty

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Last Tudor to rule England

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Elizabeth I

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The first Stuart ruler for England

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James I

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Oliver Cromwell

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Leader of the Roundheads

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Parliament

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The branch of English government that made a limited Monarchy?

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English Civil War

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War between Charles I (Cavaliers) and Oliver Cromwell (roundheads)

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Glorious Revolution

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James II is kicked out by Parliament and replaced by his Protestant daughter, Mary , and her Protestant husband, William.

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Habeas Corpus

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No person could be held in prison without first being charged w/ a specific crime.

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Limited monarchy

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a constitution or legislative body limits the monarch's powers.

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Petition of Right

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King cannot raise taxes w/o Parliament's consent and he cannot put someone in jail for no just cause.

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Act of Supremacy

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made the Monarch head of the Church of England.

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Mercenaries

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soldiers for hire

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depopulation

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Reduction in population

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Peace of Westphalia

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Ended the Thirty Years' War. It marked the end of the Holy Roman Empire as an effective institution and inaugurated the modern European state system

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Frederick II

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Leader of Prussia

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Maria Theresa

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Leader of Austria

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How did Frederick the great (II) rule his country?

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Harsh military

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Peter the Great

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Russian leader to worked to westernize Russia

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Westernization

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the adoption of western ideas, technology, and culture