Absolute Rulers
The absolute ruler of France who had a 72 year long reign. France declined after his reign.
Who is Louis XIV?
The two monarchs who united Spain. They also united the Aragon and Castillian families together, gaining territories in southern Italy.
Who are Ferdinand and Isabella?
Supporters of Parliament during the English civil war.
What are Roundheads?
Name given to French Protestants
What are the Huguenots
This ruler's succession to the throne was one of the onsets of the War of Austrian Succession.
Who is Maria Theresa?
The ruler that abdicated his title to become a monk.
Who is Charles V?
The leader who inherited the lands of Spain, Netherlands, Italy, the Americas, and Habsburg Austrian lands in the HRE.
Who is Charles V?
The man who ruled during the Commonwealth period in England
Who is Oliver Cromwell?
The several days when thousands of French Protestants were massacred on the day of a marriage celebration of a Catholic princess with a Protestant prince.
What is St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
The son of Maria Theresa who expanded on many of her reforms.
Who is Joseph II?
The Habsburg heir who was given the Habsburg Austrian lands after Charles V abdicated.
Who is Ferdinand?
This leader was Catholic and worked hard to suppress Protestantism in Netherlands, and in countries close (Spanish Armada).
Who is Phillip II?
The King of England who dissolved Parliament, to call it again to approve taxes, to dissolve it, signed the Petition of Right, only to dissolve Parliament again.
Who is Charles I?
Henry IV passed this which granted the Protestants freedoms to worship.
What is the Edict of Nantes?
The leader who invaded Silesia, prompting the War of Austrian Succession
Who is Fredrick II?
Who is Henry IV?
The royal painter of the court of Phillip II?
Who is Diego Velazquez?
This ruling family had good relationships with Parliaments
Who are the Tudors?
The people who Luois XIV put in charge of various aspects of the government. Example- people who collected taxes, work in judicial systems, enforce laws, etc.
What are intendents?
A deadly war in the Holy Roman Empire that killed over 1/3 of the population.
What is the 30 years war?
The man and women (and countries of origin) who signed the English Bill of Rights
Who is Mary II (England) and William of Orange (Netherlands).
The author of Don Quixote
Who is Miguel de Cervantes?
The full name for the English Bill of Rights.
What is “An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Setting the Succession of the Crown.”?
The Chief Minister of Louis VIII, who was very successful in building a strong central government for France.
Who is Cardinal Richelieu?
What was it called when Protestant noblemen threw two Catholic officials out of a window in Prague, Austria? (This began the 30 years war).
What is the Defenestration of Prague?