Chapter 25

Question 0

The English revolt against the unpopular catholic King James II and the subsequent introduction of certain civil rights restricting monarchic powers

Answer 0

Glorious Revolution of 1688

Question 1

A law enacted by Parliament that established certain limits of royal powers and the specific rights of English citizens.

Answer 1

Bill of Rights 1689

Question 2

The dynasty of British monarchs after 1714 from the German duke of Hanover.

Answer 2

Hanoverian Dynasty

Question 3

The traveling officials appointed originally by Cardinal Richelieu to monitor the honesty and efficiency of provincial French authorities.

Answer 3

Intendants

Question 4

The period of the 1660s-1680s when Charles II was called by Parliament to take his throne and was this restored to power.

Answer 4

Restoration

Question 5

Treaty signed in 1713 that ended the war of the Spanish succession. A defeat for King Louis XIV of France, it gave Britain access to the valuable trade of the Spanish Caribbean Islands.

Answer 5

Treaty of Utrecht

Question 6

The Treaty that ended the thirty years war in 1648; the first modern peace treaty on that it established strategic and territorial gains as more important that religious or dynastic ones.

Answer 6

Treaty of Westphalia