Who Am I?
This Spanish king ruled for 42 years and claimed his authority came directly from God.
Who is Philip II?
In 1588, England defeated this attempted Spanish invasion.
What is the Spanish Armada?
The belief that a monarch receives his or her authority directly from God.
What is divine right?
Charles V became exhausted trying to control his massive empire. In 1556, he did this.
What is abdicated?
A government in which a monarch claims nearly complete authority over the government and subjects.
What is absolute monarchy?
I was known as the “Sun King” and ruled France for more than 72 years.
Who is Louis XIV?
This conflict pitted the Cavaliers against the Roundheads.
What is the English Civil War?
Louis XIV used these officials to collect taxes and enforce royal policies throughout France.
What are intendants?
After Charles I lost the English Civil War, Parliament put him on trial and did this to him in 1649.
What is beheaded/executed?
The Russian policy of adopting European ideas, technology, and culture.
What is westernization?
I led Parliament's New Model Army during the English Civil War.
Who is Oliver Cromwell?
This “bloodless” event removed James II from the English throne.
What is the Glorious Revolution?
Peter the Great took control of this religious institution to increase his authority in Russia.
What is the Russian Orthodox Church?
After Cromwell died in 1658, England eventually brought back this form of government.
What is the monarchy?
Colbert supported this economic system based on selling more goods than a country buys.
What is mercantilism?
I became king of France as a Huguenot but converted to Catholicism to help stabilize the country.
Who is Henry IV?
This war began as a religious conflict in the Holy Roman Empire before becoming a political struggle.
What is the Thirty Years' War?
Louis XIV brought nobles here to keep them away from their independent power bases.
What is Versailles?
After James II fled England, Parliament gave the throne to these two rulers.
Who are William III and Mary?
This 1598 decree granted toleration to French Huguenots.
What is the Edict of Nantes?
I strengthened Austria by reorganizing the bureaucracy and making nobles and clergy pay taxes.
Who is Maria Theresa?
This agreement ended the Thirty Years' War in 1648.
What is the Peace of Westphalia?
Unlike France, Russia, Austria, and Prussia, this major European power did not have an absolute monarch by the mid-1700s.
What is Britain?
After the Thirty Years’ War ended in 1648, these two territories officially gained their independence.
What are the Netherlands and the Swiss Federation?
This document prevented Charles I from raising taxes without Parliament's consent.
What is the Petition of Right?
I was Louis XIII's chief minister and weakened the political and military independence of the Huguenots.
Who is Cardinal Richelieu?
During this war, Frederick the Great fought Maria Theresa after seizing Silesia.
What is the War of Austrian Succession?
This Prussian king strengthened his absolute rule by building a powerful army and giving Junker nobles high-ranking military positions in exchange for their loyalty.
Who is Frederick William I?
After Poland was partitioned, its territory was divided among these three powers.
What are Russia, Austria, and Prussia?
This document established Parliament's superiority over the monarchy and protected rights such as trial by jury and protection from cruel or unusual punishment.
What is the English Bill of Rights?