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Klabunde History 11

Discovery and Absolutism

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As the amount of treasure coming from it's colonies steadily declined, Spain lost much of it's power and influence in Europe. After Phillip's reign ended, Spain suffered from... ...weak rulers and a lack of unity within the country.
Philip II became the leader of the Catholic Reformation in Spain.
One of the reasons for Spain and England's dislike for each other was: Spain was Catholic and England was protestant.
Who ordered a huge fleet called the Spanish Armada to carry his army to England? Phillip II
The Spanish Armada is defeated due to the fact that the English had smaller and faster ships. What was another reason? a storm had sunk many Spanish ships.
Hundreds of thousands of Muslims who lived in Spain were driven out of the country during the _____________. "Inquisition."
The Americans were named after: Amerigo Vespucchi
Vasco da Gama: went around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and cut across the Indian Ocean to India.
Treaty of Tordesillas: Unexplored territories EAST of the line would be controlled by Portugal and those WEST of the line by Spain.
Middle Passage: the voyage that brought captured Africans to the West Indies and the Americas.
Motives for exploration (3 G's) : God, Glory, and Gold.
Zheng He: sailed along the cost of India and the East coast of Africa.
First person to circumnavigate (go around) the world was: Ferdinand Magellan
The global transfer of foods, plants, and animals during the colonization. Columbus Exchange
The theory of ______________ held that a country's power depended mainly on it's wealth. Merchantilism
James II left the throne during the Glorious Revolution
Henry VIII established the Church of England because he wanted a divorce
Elizabeth I "Good Queen Bess"
Mary, Queen of Scots Elizabeth the 1st had her executed.
Rump Parliament occurred under the rule of Oliver Cromwell
Charles I only English monarch ever executed
Oliver Cromwell ruled England as a military dictatorship after Charles I
William Shakespeare Playwright during the reign of Elizabeth I
Roundheads supported parliament (a legislative body of government)
Cavaliers: supported the monarch (a king or queen is Head of State)
Anglican Church established by Henry VIII
Glorious Revolution: launched by William and Mary
Mother of Queen Mary I Catherine of Aragon
Period of renewed interest in arts and learning: Renaissance
Bloody Mary was: Mary I; catholic queen of England who had over 280 protestants killed
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