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Chapter 18
Key terms and people
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Absolute Monarch | A ruler whose power was not limited by having to consult with the nobles, common people, or their representatives. |
| Dicine right | Held that the monarchs received their power from God and therefore must not be challenged. |
| Charles V | Holy Roman Emperor |
| Peace of Augsburg | Signed in 1555 gave each German prince the right to decide whether his state would be Catholic or Protestant. |
| Philip II | Ruled the Neatherlands, Spain, Sicily, and Spain's colonies in the Americas. |
| El Greco | One of the most Prominenet painters was a Greek, Domenicos Theotocopoulos, E.G. |
| Diego Velazquez | Another Spanish painter |
| Miguel De Cervantez | A very fine writer. |
| Sister Juana Ines De la Cruz | Wrote poetry, prose, and plays. |
| Spanish Armada | A great fleet, it totaled about 130 ships and 20,000 soldiers and sailors. |
| Huguenot | French Calvinist Protestant |
| Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre | When the Catholic queen of france ordered the killing of Huguenots in Paris. |
| Henry IV | Henry won acceptance by converting to Catholicism and was crowned Henry IV |
| Edict of Nantes | It gave Huguenots limited freedom of worship. |
| Louis XIII | Was very young when he was croowned. |
| War of the Spanish Succession | It began when the Spanish king died without an Heir |
| Treaty of Utrecht. | The treaty said that Louis's grandson got the Spanish throne, it also said that France and Spain would never be ruled by the same Monarch. |
| Puritans | A group of strict Calvinists, demanded that the Church of England be further reformed. |
| Charles I | He was popular at first, but married a catholic princess and involved in England in military adventures overseas. |
| Royalists | Charles I's mainly wealthy nobles. |
| Oliver Cromwell | Leading the Roundhead forces was a member of Parliment named O. C. |
| Commonwealth | Which is a republican government based on the common good of all the people. |
| Restoration | Parliament reconvened and voted to bring back the monarchy. |
| Charles II | The son of Charles I. |
| William and Mary | were both protestants, living in the netherlands. |
| Glorious Revolution | Parliament gave the throne to William III and Mary II as joint rulers, this transfer of power became known as the.... |
| Constituional Monarchy | Ther term for a monarchy limited by law. |
| Boyars | Or landowners |
| Czar | Put Russia on a different course. |
| Ivan IV | made many reforms. |
| Peter the Great | tried to transform Russia into a modern state. |
| westernization | Peter was determined to bring elements of Western culture to Russia and this process was known as.... |
| Catherine the Great | Russia's next important ruler was actually a German princess who came to Russia to marry a grandson of Peter the Great. |
| Thirty Years' War | in the early 1600's an attempt by one of the hapsburg emperors to exert his authority launched a terrible conflict known as the... |
| Treaty of Westphalia | What ended the war |
| Maria Theresa | The daughter of Charles VI. |
| Frederick the Great | Seized the Austrain province of Silesia, which had minerals and industries. |
| Cardinal Richelieu | Became his chief minister and most trusted adviser. |
| Louis XIV | Historys best example of an absolute Monarch. |
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