Unit 3

Question 1

Why did the Spanish army begin to decline?

Answer 1

• Inflation due to the amount of gold coming in from its colonies
• Nobles weren’t taxed
• N. Spanish Netherlands developed independence in 1579

Question 2

What did Absolute Monarchs believe in?

Answer 2

The Divine Right

Question 3

What did Absolutism do in response to the 17th Century Crisis?

Answer 3

Increased the monarchs power and stability

Question 4

What could Absolute Monarchs do?

Answer 4

• levy taxes
• administer justice
• control foreign policy
• make laws
• control state officials

Question 5

What did Elizabeth 1 do for England?

Answer 5

1. Became leader of Protestant nations of Europe
2. Allowed for religious toleration
3. Tried to keep Spain and France from becoming to powerful

Question 6

How did Elizabeth 1 try to keep Spain and France from becoming too powerful?

Answer 6

She supported whichever one would become the weaker nation during the war

Question 7

What were the three purposes that served at the Royal court Louis established at Versailles?

Answer 7

1. King’s household
2. Location of the chief officers of state
3. A palace where the powerful could find favors and offices for themselves

Question 8

What were the results of the Thirty Years’ War?

Answer 8

1. Weakened Hapsburg states of Spain and Austria
2. Strengthened France by adding territory
3. German princes were independent of the Holy Roman Empire
4. Ended religious wars in Europe
5. Introduced new peace settlement process where all participants meet to decide terms of peace

Question 9

What were the results of the Seven Years’ War?

Answer 9

1. France lost the majority of its colonies in N. America to the British
2. Britain gained sole control of India
3. Great Britain emerged as the worlds greatest colonial power

Question 10

When did the Romonav family come to power?

Answer 10

1613

Question 11

How did Peter The Great Westernize Russia?

Answer 11

1. Built St. Petersburg as a modern western
2. Ordered boyars to give up traditional clothes for western ones
3. Advanced education by opening schools

Question 12

What were some things the Petition of right did?

Answer 12

• NO imprisonment of subjects W/OUT just CAUSE

- NO levying taxes W/OUT PARLIAMENTS CONSENT

Question 13

What happened during the English Civil War?

Answer 13

• Parliament passed laws to limit royal power
• Charles tried to arrest Parliaments leaders (1402)
• Ended w/Charles 1 being the first monarch execution in public

Question 14

Where did many Puritans serve?

Answer 14

The House Of Commons

Question 15

What did the Puritans want in the English Civil War?

Answer 15

The Church of England to be Protestant

Question 16

Who did the Parliament ask to rule England instead after the mistake of Oliver Cromwell?

Answer 16

Charles 2

Question 17

What happened during the Glorious Revolution?

Answer 17

• James 2 emphasized absolute power and dissolved Parliament
• Members of Parliament invited William & Mary to overthrow James for the sake of Protestantism
• James fled to France w/out bloodshed

Question 18

What is the chronological order of the leaders of England?

Answer 18

1. James 1
2. Charles 1
3. Oliver Cromwell
4. Charles 2
5. James 2
6. William and Mary