Spain
Placed absolute power in the monarchs and their advisors (vocab)
Absolutism
Local respected community members were tasked with enforcing the Queen’s laws (vocab)
Justices of the Peace
What was the term given for French Protestants?
Huguenots
A royal degree with the force of law (vocab)
Pragmatic Sanctions
Russian secret police under the Czars (vocab)
Oprichniki
A fleet of warships organized to carry out a mission (vocab)
Armada
What royal family brought unity and order to England after the War of the Roses?
The Tudor Family
Who ran France under Louis XIII until he was old enough to rule?
Cardinal Richelieu
What ended the Thirty Years War and broke up the Holy Roman Empire into 300 separate states?
The Peace of Westphalia
What event changed Ivan the Terrible’s life forever?
He was kidnapped as a child and witnessed cruelty
The political idea that monarchs receive their power directly from God and are responsible only to God for their actions (vocab)
Divine Right
A system of maintaining equal power as another country so neither has an advantage and can include alliances with other countries (vocab)
Balance of Power
What group did Cardinal Richelieu feel was a threat?
Huguenots
German Nobles (vocab)
Junkers
A Russian Peasant
Serf
What religion did Phillip II seek to eliminate?
Protestantism
Who took the English throne at nine years old?
Edward VI (6th)
What French king was known as the Sun King?
Louis XIV (14th)
What country and royal family started the Thirty Years War?
Austria
The Hapsburgs
What Russian Czar took an 18 month tour of Western Europe to learn ways to improve his country?
Peter the Great
Who was the most powerful Spanish monarch?
Phillip II
What led England to split with the Catholic Church?
Henry VIII (8th) wanting a divorce
Whose reign started the War of Spanish Succession?
King Phillip V
The Hapsburgs tried setting up their own ___________ which started the Thirty Years War
Absolute Monarchy
Russian Nobles
Boyars