Vocab
Vocab
Vocab
Absolutism in France I
Absolutism in France II
100
A supporter of Charles I. Name is indicative of the fancy clothes and long curled hair worn by some supporters.
Cavalier
100
The shielding from harm or danger of a weak country or people by a stronger country.
Protectorate
100
The attacking of cherished beliefs or traditional institutions regarded as based on error or superstition.
Iconoclasm
100
Assassinated in 1589
Henry III
100
land tax on the peasantry
taille
200
Wealth, riches
Opulence
200
The condition of service of a person doing work that requires little skill (the practise of holding a person to pay off debts).
Peonage
200
An ethnic group of mixed Berber and Arab stock living in northwestern Africa. The Moors invaded and conquered Spain in the 700s and were finally driven out in 1492.
Moors
200
Began Bourbon dynasty
Henry IV
200
Louis XIII became king at the age of ________________
Eight
300
The title of the ruler of various Asian countries, such as Persia.
Shah
300
To sail around
Circumnavigate
300
A Spanish conqueror in North America or South America, especially in Mexico, or Peru under Cortes and Pizarro during the 1500's.
Conquistador
300
Granted freedom of worship and political rights to Huguenots
Edict of Nantes
300
Louis' mother, _________________, became regent.
Marie de Medici
400
Custom duty levied on eat ton (barrel) of wine imported into England. This formed a large part of the King's income.
Tunnage
400
The great ruling family in Spain and Austria in the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries.
Hapsburgs
400
An economic system developed to increase the power and wealth of a nation by government regulation of economy. Policies used included accumulation of gold and silver, a favorable balance of trade, trading monopolies, and encouragement of manufacturing.
Mercantilism
400
Duke of Sully
Maximilien de Bethune
400
The French legislative body was also known as the __________________.
Estates General
500
Duty levied on each pound of wool exported from England. This formed a large part of the King's income.
Poundage
500
To have or get exclusive possession or control of
Monopolize
500
A person of Spanish and American Indian decent.
Mestizo
500
Tax on the offices of state
paulette
500
The Estates General was not successful because of the conflicting aims and hatreds of the __________, _____________, and ______________.
nobility, clergy, Third Estate.
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