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French Protestants whose freedoms were protected by Henry IV
What is Huguenots
100
Finance minister Jean Baptiste Colbert helped to make France the wealthiest state in Europe by
What is imposing mercantilist policies to bolster the economy.
100
Which group consisted of dissenters who sought to change Catholic practices in the Church of England?
What is Puritans
100
Peter the Great forced Russians to accept social reforms that would make their culture more like that of
What is Western Europe
100
The exchange of enslaved Africans for guns in Africa and for molasses in the Americas was part of
What is Triangle Trade
200
Soldiers for hire are called
What is Mercenaries
200
When the Huguenots left France in the 1680s, their departure
What is seriously hurt the French economy.
200
What type of government was created in England by the Glorious Revolution?
What is limited monarchy
200
Why did Prussia battle Austria during the 1700s?
What is to gain control of the German states
200
How did Frederick William I help to unify Prussia after the death of his father in 1713?
What is He gave the Junkers positions in the army and government.
300
In 1598, the Edict of Nantes helped to ensure
What is that French Protestants would not be persecuted.
300
How did Louis XIV govern France in 1661 after the death of his chief minister?
What is He took complete control of the government.
300
How is England’s prime minister chosen?
What is He is the leader of the majority party in Parliament’s House of Commons.
300
How did Peter the Great gain territory for Russia along the Baltic Sea?
What is He won a long war with Sweden.
300
The belief that a monarch’s authority comes directly from God
What is divine right
400
What was a result of the treaty known as the Peace of Westphalia in 1648?
What is France gained territory on its Spanish and German frontiers.
400
Henry IV of France granted religious tolerance to the Huguenots with the
What is Edict of Nantes
400
The leader of the Roundheads, ___________, was a skilled general who later led the English Commonwealth.
What is Oliver Cromwell
400
By 1750, Prussia and Austria
What is were battling for control of the German states.
400
Which painter was known for his vivid royal portraits at the court of King Philip IV during Spain’s golden age?
What is Diego Velázquez
500
What was a major cause of conflict within the empire of King Charles V?
What is Charles suppressed Protestantism in the German states.
500
French styles of art and architecture became the standard for Europe as a result of the reign of
What is Louis XIV
500
The Long Parliament met when Charles I requested funds to
What is suppress a Scottish rebellion.
500
What is one way in which Catherine the Great strengthened Russia?
What is She expanded Russia’s borders.
500
Louis XIV appointed royal officials from the middle class to his bureaucracy because
What is they helped to check the power of the nobles and Church.