Cause and Effect Flashcards
Cause of the Hundred Years’ War
Edward III is vassal of the French king for Duchy of Aquitaine
French king wants control of the duchy
Edward III has claim to French throne as his mother is a princess
Cause of the Reformation
Mass-corruption of the Catholic Church
Effects of the Hundred Years’ War
England loses most continental possessions
Economies struggle and trade declines
More frequent parliament gives foothold to representative gov.
English War of the Roses (Lancastrians vs Yorkists)
Increased taxation leads to peasant revolts
Cause of The Age of Exploration
Motives:
Chance to break Mediterranean monopoly on trade
The incursions of the Turks led to higher prices for land-trade
More knowledge and technology available post-humanism
Results of The Age of Exploration
Silver returns fuel the Price Revolution
City life becomes more desirable economically
New goods available through the “Columbian Exchange”
Cause for the civil war in France (1500’s)
Catholics war against Protestants (Calvinists especially)
Results of the French civil wars (1500’s)
Henry IV (Of Navarre) converts to Catholicism The Edict of Nantes is issued
Causes of the Thirty Years’ War
Protestant alliance opposes Catholic league
Ferdinand rescinds the Letter of Majesty (Bohemia)
Ferdinand marches into Germany to take lands for Catholicism
Gustavus Adolphus defeats Ferdinand in defense of Protestantism
Results of The Thirty Years’ War
Creates modern religious distribution in Europe
Nobles gain power against monarchs
France and Germany dissolve ( France reunites in 1600s)
Politiques (Elizabeth I, Henry IV) come to dominate politics
Spain loses status as power due to Habsburg split
Causes of the Scientific Revolution
Copernicus’ heliocentric theory followed by Brahe, Kepler, Galileo
Idea of new discovery spreads to other branches of science
Results of the Scientific Revolution
Heliocentric model, elliptical orbits, inductive and deductive reasoning,analytic geometry
Ideas of discovery spread to other branches of science
Scientific societies widen and popularize
Causes of The Price Revolution
Flow of silver from the Americas
Major population increase
Results of The Price Revolution
The putting-out system appears
Mercantilism comes into favor
Causes of the English Civil War
Absolutism vs constitutionalism
Presbyterian vs episcopalian church
Results of the English Civil War
Oliver Cromwell becomes lord protector
Military dictatorship breaks England into twelve districts
Causes of the Glorious Revolution
Parliamentary popularity shown by denial of the declaration of indulgence
William and Mary invited to take the throne
Results of the Glorious Revolution
The Bill of Rights is established
Constitutional monarchy takes hold in England
Causes of the Enlightenment
Response to economic and political changes incited by the scientific revolution
Popularization of secular ideas and secular (enlightened) thinkers
Results of the Enlightenment
Deism (natural religion)
New political ideas ( Locke / Rousseau )
New view of childhood and secular education instituted
Furthers support for feminism and women’s rights
Causes of the French Revolution
Enlightened society begins to question governmental structure
Heavy taxation of the poor without proper representation
France slips into bankruptcy under Louis XVI
Results of the French Revolution
Laid foundation for modern nation-states through a republic based on a capitalist society with key points in equality
Led to the Napoleonic Era
Causes of the Industrial Revolution ( in England specifically )
Large supply of cheap labor
Large supply of coal and iron
Whig government sympathized with industrialization
Country left unscarred by war
Results of the Industrial Revolution
Increased urbanization Role of cities changes from political to production center New wage family emerges Classic gender roles emerge in the home Marriage became more personal
Causes of the revolutions of 1848
France / Italy
Severe food shortages / poor living conditions
Business failure / unemployment / financial crises
Overpowering nationalism