Chapter 3 Test: 10/17 Flashcards
factors encouraging exploration
- trade with the East (India) is in high demand
- curiosity about the East sparked by writers like Marco Polo
- scientific progress (better maps, compasses)
who dominates trade?
the Italians
how do spain and portugal challenge the Italian monopoly?
they seek an all water route to the East
reason Portugese have commercial empire
Prince Henry the Navigator encourages exploration
Diaz
reaches the Cape of Good Hope (S. tip of Africa)
Columbus
runs into new world and claims it for Spain
effects of Commercial Revolution on Europe
- expanded world trade
2. economy shifts from Italy to West Coast
effects of Commercial Revolution outside Europe
- African slave trade BOOMS
2. Europeans migrate to the new world and bring culture/civilization
issues with Commercial Revolution
- inflation
2. usery (charge interest on borrowed money)
Pom System
raw materials to home
Factory System
machinery; attracts workers to move into cities
Social Structure
- kings/royals
- aristocracy/nobility
- middle class
- peasants/working poor
middle class in France
Bourgeoisie
middle class in England
Yeomanry
why was there an increase in universities?
the demand for educated workers grew
who benefited most from the commercial revolution and why?
the nobility because of an increased demand for agricultural products
robot
forced laborers for Prussian lords
Junkers
landlords in Prussia
Prussian government
weak, inefficient
Phillip II
strong catholic who believed his duty was to crush the protestant revolution all together
writer of Don Quiote
Cervante
modern day Spanish Netherlands
- Belgium
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
North (Germany)
Protestant
South (France)
Catholic
principle city in the Netherlands
Anthwerp
William of Orange
led 200 nobleman who formed a league to stop the spread of Spanish Influence in the Netherlands which ended in a revolt
Passification of Ghent
league by which the Dutch agree to drive off Spaniards
Council of Trouble
Phillip II responds to William of Orange’s revolt by sending the Duke of Alba to lead this
Union of Utrech
7 northern provinces of the Netherlands unite to fight the Spanish
why won’t the English get involved in the Spanish Netherlands?
Mary Queen of Scots is the Catholic ruler and cousin of the English ruler Elizabeth who is supporting the Dutch financially but won’t fight for them until Mary dies
Cadiz Raid
Elizabeth sends Sir Francis Drake in to burn Spanish ships
Spanish Armada
wanted to kill Elizabeth, crushed by Protestant Wind
results of the defeat of the Spanish Armada
- Spanish declines as greatest naval power; England rises
- 12 Years Truce
- Holland & England establish colonies in the new world
12 Years Truce
divides the Netherlands into two parts (independent/Spanish)
French Protestants
Hugenots
Catherine de Medici’s sons cause how many civil wars during all of their reigns?
nine
leader of French Hugenots
Admiral de Coligne
leader of French Catholics
Duke of Gee
St. Bartholemeu Day Massacre
Catherine tries to eliminate the opposition
Politiques
France should have 2 religions
Jean Bodin
royal absolutism
Bourbon Dynasty
starts when King Henry of Nevar becomes king of Poland
Louis XIII’s chief minister
Cardinal Richelieu
Louis XIII’s major goals
- make the king absolute monarch
2. make France the greatest nation in Europe
how does Louis XIII plan to accomplish his goals?
- allow nobility to engage in commerce
- crush the Hugenot rebellion with Peace of Alais
- Anti Hapsburg Policy
causes of the 30 Year War
- religious conflict
2. Spanish ambition
Protestant Union
England, France, Holland
Catholic Union
Bavaria, Austria, Spain
Defenstration of Prague
emperors representatives thrown out the window
Frederick V
elected of Palentein/head of the Protestant Union
made King of Bohemia
Bohemian War winner
Catholics
leaders in the Danish War
King of Denmark & Duke of Holstein
Albert of Wallenstein
commander of the HRE army who defeats Danes
Danish War winner
Catholics
Edict of Restitution
issued after Danish War
says that all of the Catholic churches property that was lost must be restored
leader of the Swedes in the Swedish War
Gustafos Aldophus
goal of Aldophus
expand Sweden’s influence in Northern Germany
Swedish War winner
Protestants despite Aldophus being killed
Aldophus is killed in this battle
Battle of Lutzen
Peace of Prague
ends Swedish War
emperor resends the Edict of Restitution
leader of Swedes in Swedish-French War
Cardinal Richelieu
most important battle in the Swedish-French War
Battle of Rocroi
Treaty of Westphalia
ends the 30 Years War permanently
results of the Treaty of Westphalia
- France gets Alsais
- German rulers gain the right to determine the official religion of their states
- Holland & Switzerland are recognized as independent countries
4.
results of 30 Years War
- ends movement of German unification
2. creates Staatssystem (the beginning of Int’l Law)