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Chapter 16 Flashcards

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Includes Spain, Netherlands, and Roman Empire

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Hapsburg Empire

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Wanted to rid Spain of Protestants

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Philip II

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Ruler with complete power and authority over the government and the lives of people

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Absolute monarch

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Right to rule given directly by God.

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Divine Right

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Fleet of ships

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Armada

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Monarchy in which a constitution or legislative body limits the monarch’s power

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Limited monarchy

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Protestants who differed with the Church of England.

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Dissenters

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French Protestants

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Huguenots

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Leader of the Roundheads

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Oliver Cromwell

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Granted toleration of French Protestants

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Edict of Nantes

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Court ceremony celebrating the king’s rising

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Levée

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Immense palace of Louis XIV

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Versailles

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French Protestants

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Huguenots

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Royal official under Louis XIV

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Intendant

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Group that wanted to “purify” the Church of England of Catholic practices

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Puritans

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Small group of advisers to the king known as the

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Cabinet

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The leader of the Roundheads that was a skilled general who led the English Commonwealth

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Oliver Cromwell

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In this, the power is defined and limited by law

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Constitutional government

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The execution of __________ caused shock waves through-out Europe

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Charles I

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A powerful Austrian ruler

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Maria Theresa

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A tragic result of the Thirty Years’ War

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Depopulation

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A brilliant Prussian ruler with many artistic interests

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Frederick II

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A Catholic Bohemian king who persecuted Protestants

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Ferdinand

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A hired soldier

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Mercenary

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The adoption of western ideas, technology, and culture

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Westernization

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To rule w/ unlimited authority

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Autocratic

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Russian landowning nobles

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Boyar

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Purpose was to show how modern

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St. Petersburg

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To divide up

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Partition

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