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The heir of Charles VI of Austria and the first female empress of Austria.
Who was Maria Theresa?
1688: The name of the event when Parliament invited William and Mary to come rule England in place of James II.
What was the Glorious Revolution?
A political system in which the government is controlled by one power (in this unit the monarch).
The "real power" in France during the reign of Louis XIII.
Who was Cardinal Richelieu?
The Calvin-following Protestants in France.
Who were the Huguenots?
The Lord Protector of the English Commonwealth and leader of the Roundheads.
Who was Oliver Cromwell?
Lasted from 1613 all the way to 1917, one of the most consistent dynasties in Europe.
What was the Romanov Dynasty?
A political system in which the monarch is held to the rule of law.
The followers of Cromwell; also called the New Model Army.
Who were the Roundheads?
It began with the Defenestration of Prague; it ended with the Peace of Westphalia.
He named himself "the Sun King" and, after his minister Mazarin died, he collected all power to himself to rule France as an absolute monarch.
1610: The end of the reign of a popular king of France.
What was the assassination of Henry IV?
A series of wide-spread, uncoordinated revolts protesting excessive royal power in France.
What was the Fronde?
The ruler of Austria who wrote and tried to enforce the Pragmatic Sanction.
Who was Charles VI?
He began the second wave of reform and wrote "Institutes of the Christian Religion".
Who was John Calvin?
He sought to "westernize" Russia and rose above the division between the boyars and the streltsy.
Who was Peter the Great?
1740: This conflict began when Prussia invaded the region of Silesia, questioning the new ruler of Austria.
What was the War of Austrian Succession?
A document signed by William and Mary confirming that the monarch was subject to the law.
What was the (English) Bill of Rights?
The first actual King of Prussia.
Who was Frederick I?
The document that asserted the pope's authority above all secular authority.
What was Unam Sanctam?
The scion of the Hohenzollern family who subdued the Junkers and began expanding the Prussian military.
Who was Frederick William?
1642: Charles I attacks his own Parliament.
What was the beginning of the English Civil War?
The old German nobles who had to swear loyalty to Frederick William in order to join the army.
Who or what were the Junkers?
The king of Prussia who was obsessed with really tall soldiers.
Who was Frederick William I?
The system in which land is exchanged for loyalty.
What is feudalism?