Western Civilization Test 2

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Edict of Nanes

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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 Was revoked by Louis XIV.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

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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

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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

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Became the rulers of England after the Glorious Revolution, created Bill of Rights to parliament.

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The Atlantic System

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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

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The Atlantic System

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Peter the Great

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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

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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

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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.

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Thirty years War

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The Fronde

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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

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a war occurring in 1642-1651, between the Royalists and the Parliamentarians.

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Oliver Cromwell

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an English military and Political Leader and later Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland.

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Women Question

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The question of what role women should play in civilization.

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Deism

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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

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an English Anglican cleric who helped spread the Great Awakening in Britain and, especially, in the American colonies