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Final Jeopardy: Absolutism
100
Invented the printing press in 1456
Gutenberg
100
Posted by Martin Luther to share his grievances with the church
95 Theses
100
Three Catholic officials were thrown out of a window by an angry group of Bohemian Protectants in 1618
Defenestration of Prague
100
The Year Columbus sailed to America and the Reconquista took place in Spain
1492
100
Built by Louis XIV to control the nobles. Nobles would spend a lot of time here and enjoy its luxury, slowly becoming dependent on the crown
Palace of Versailles
200
Queen mother of France who, with her son, ordered the St. Bartholomew Day Massacre
Catherine de Medici
200
A document that was signed by the monarchy at the end of the Glorious Revolution that limited the power of the monarchy.
English Bill of Rights
200
King James II of England is overthrown and replaced by his daughter Mary and her husband William.
The Glorious Revolution
200
The Year Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses
1517
200
Economic Policy held by monarchs to control trade. They use the colonies as a source of raw materials and market for their goods
Mercantilism
300
English physician famous for his discovery of circulation of blood throughout the body.
William Harvey
300
Prohibited the employ- ment of children under nine years of age in all textile mills (except silk) powered by steam or water
Factory Act of 1833
300
The war that took place between those that supported the rule of parliament and those who supported the rule of the King in England. (1642-1651)
English Civil War
300
The year Hitler comes to power
1933
300
Wrote the Donation of Constantine and disproved that the Constantine donated Rome to the church
Lorenzo Valla
300
Who was Louis XIV First Minister to the state. He helped make Louis an absolutist
Jean Baptiste Colbert
400
Leader of Parliament during the English Civil War. Turns into a military dictator after parliament wins.
Oliver Cromwell
400
Signed by King Henry VIII of England that declared him the head of the church of England
Act of Supremacy
400
A meeting that took place between 1884-1885 in which representatives from Europe and the US divided up Africa. The conference was led by Bismarck
Berlin Conference
400
Congress of Vienna
1815
400
Name this painting by Raphael
School of Athens
500
Leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Nikita Khrushchev
500
Signed by King Henry IV. Granted civil and religious rights to protestants.
Edict of Nantes
500
A meeting of leaders of the Catholic Church to address the problems of the Protestant Reformation. This is where they reaffirmed their teaching and made planes to reform their practices.
Council of Trent
500
Unification of Germany
1871
500
Name 3 Enlightened Absoluists
Catherine the Great of Russia
Frederick the Great of Prussia
Joseph II of Austria