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Spain & England
France
German States
Russia
100
unlimited power in the monarch and his or her advisers.
What is absolutism?
100
remained unmarried for political reasons, all throughout reign.
Who is Elizabeth I?
100
he issued the Edict of Nantes to make sure the Huguenots could practice in mostly protestant areas.
Who is Henry IV?
100
leader of Bohemia that took away freedoms from the Bohemian Protestants.
Who is Ferdinand of Styria?
100
he began the Romanov dynasty.
Who is Michael Romanov?
200
political idea that monarchs receive their power directly from God
What is divine right?
200
city that Philip II made the capital of Spain.
What is Madrid?
200
Louis XIII gave him absolute power, and he stripped the nobles of their power, castles and functions.
Who is Cardinal Richelieu?
200
treaty that recognized Calvinism among the official religions and divided the Holy Roman Empire into more than 300 states. (Ending the 30 year war)
What is the Peace of Westphalia?
200
the secret police force started by Ivan the Terrible.
What is the oprichnicki?
300
the name Ivan IV gave the nobles?
What is boyars?
300
ruler of England that avoided war, using diplomacy and improved the collection of taxes.
Who is Henry VII?
300
brought peace to the War of Spanish Secession.
What is the Treaty of Utrecht?
300
a royal decree having the force of law.
What is a pragmatic sanction?
300
a new class of nobles started by Peter the Great.
What is the dvoianie?
400
in Spain, Muslims that had become Christians & Jews who had converted (2 terms)
What are Moriscos and Marranos
400
last of the Spanish Hapsburgs; was "special" due to inbreeding.
Who is Charles II?
400
location of the Louis XIV's palace.
What is Versailles?
400
he created a permanent standing army and only allowed "Junkers" to be land owners.
Who is Frederick William?
400
"Peter's town"
What is St. Petersburg?
500
names for nobles (1) and peasants (2) in Elizabethan England
What are gentry & yeomen
500
the failed invasion of England with 130 ships.
What is the Spanish Armada?
500
French Protestants
What is Huguenots
500
worldwide conflict in which GB and France competed for overseas territory, and Prussia opposed Austria, Russia, France and other nations.
What is the 7 years war?
500
Born a German princess, she became the last of the great monarchs of the 1700s.
Who is Catherine the Great?