Spain and France
Frustrated by his failure in Europe, this monarch gave up his thrones in 1556.
Who is Charles V?
This English monarch’s attempt to arrest Puritan leaders in Parliament for treason caused the English Civil War.
Who is Charles I?
This ruler became the first czar of Russia.
Who is Ivan IV?
This war between Catholics and Protestants ended with the Peace of Westphalia.
What is the Thirty Years’ War?
This belief held that monarchs received their power directly from God.
What is Divine Right?
This Spanish king decided to invade England to stop the sea dogs and return England to the Catholic Church.
Who is King Philip
The ascension of this royal couple to the English throne became known as the Glorious Revolution.
Who are William and Mary?
The goal of this Russian monarch was to transform Russia into a modern state.
Who is Peter the Great?
This agreement ending the Thirty Years’ War gave France new territory.
What is the Peace of Westphalia?
This term describes a ruler with complete authority over the government and the lives of the people.
What is Absolute Monarchy?
This French monarch was able to claim the throne after converting to Catholicism.
Who is Henry IV?
Many English Protestants feared that this monarch would restore the Roman Catholic Church.
Who is James II?
This city symbolized Peter the Great’s desire to forge a modern Russia.
What is St. Petersburg?
The underlying reason for wars fought by Spain under Philip II was to push back this tide.
What is the Protestant tide?
This document granted French Protestants the right to worship freely.
What is the Edict of Nantes?
Known as the “Sun King,” this French ruler became history’s best example of an absolute monarch.
Who is Louis XIV?
This leader of the Roundheads rose to power after the execution of Charles I.
Who is Oliver Cromwell?
This Prussian ruler forced all of Europe to accept Prussia as a great power.
Who is Frederick the Great?
The defeat of this naval force caused Spanish power to decline in the 1600s and 1700s.
What is the Spanish Armada?
This form of government is limited by law.
What is Constitutional Government?
This group of French Protestants challenged the idea of “one king, one law, one religion.”
Who are the Huguenots?
This English document prohibited the king from levying taxes without Parliament’s approval.
What is the Petition of Right?
Efficient but ruthless, this Russian monarch achieved the dream of a warm-water port.
Who is Catherine the Great?
The Thirty Years’ War had both these two kinds of causes.
What are religious and political causes?
This phrase summed up the French monarchy’s philosophy of “one king, one law, one religion.”
What is Absolutism?