unit 1: religious wars

Question 1

Henry II

Answer 1

king of france (1547-1559)

Question 2

Catherine de medici

Answer 2

ruled in King II place cuz his sons were too young

Question 3

Henry IV

Answer 3

became king of france, was hugenot, bcz of this kind of spain+pope did not like him = conflict

Question 4

politiques

Answer 4

group of intellectuals, sought relegious peace+ development of France as a place to live

Question 5

Phillip II of spain

Answer 5

King, strict devoted catholic, used inqusition againts heresy, caused inflation in EU, too involved in foreign issues

Question 6

Inquisition

Answer 6

tool used by catholic monarchs of spain against heresy (anything non catholic) caused lots of death

Question 7

revolt in netherlands

Answer 7

leading ressistance againts spain, heavily taxed by spain protestants also didn’t like them caused many revolts against spain

Question 8

william of orange

Answer 8

Def: Monarch of england (1689-1702)
Sig: all provinces under him agreed to respect religion, led to peace within these communities, led protestant opposition (was catholic)

Question 9

Elizabeth I

Answer 9

Def:(1558-1603) queen after sister mary (bloody mary) died
Sig: different way of reign, religion was not center yet still important, led eng to become strong solid protestant state. encouraged economic growth and avoided foreign conflicts

Question 10

Mary Trudor

Answer 10

(bloody mary) elizabeths sister, monarch till 1558 hated protestants and killed a bunch of people. brutal monarch

Question 11

spanish armada

Answer 11

1588- massive fleet sent by Phillip II+pope to combat protestants, defeated by english

Question 12

sir francis drake

Answer 12

led english againts spanish armada and won