Thirty Years War Pt.1
What is the Second Defenestration of Prague?
Protestant princes in Bohemia threw King Ferdinand II’s imperial emissaries out of the windows of the castle
How many people died during the 30 Years War?
8 million
Which British monarch united all British Isles under his rule?
James I
What started the fire?
A bakery
Absolutism
The belief that God gave James I and his heirs the right to rule Great Britain.
Which region in the Holy Roman Empire was Ferdinand II rejected as King because of his recent appointment to Holy Roman Emperor
Bohemia
How much were the French supplying the Swedish as they invaded Sweden?
The French signed a treaty to fund the Swedish war effort. They were supplying about 240 million dollars a year.
What did Charles I agree to that would limit his power and not allow him to tax without Parliament's approval? And when?
Petition of Rite in 1628
What caused the fire to spread so fast and so wide?
Little access to water ways and close quarters wooden buildings
Defenestration
the action of throwing someone out of a window
What is the significance of the Battle of White Mountain?
Frederick V’s forces was obliterated. Bohemia and the Palatinate were taken from him. All his titles were stripped away and he was exiled.
A quick end to one opposing side. But as we know the War did not end here
What began French Supremacy in Europe?
The French nearly took the Spanish out of the war at the Battle of Rocroi in 1643, which many marked as the beginning of French supremacy in Europe over the previous 150 years of Spanish dominance.
Who executed Charles I in 1649?
Oliver Cromwell
How many people were killed during the Plague of London?
Bonus points: What was the population of London
100,000
Bonus points: 400,000
Who did Charles II appoint to deal with the fire?
His brother Prince James
Yersinia Pestis
caused the plague of London, the same bacteria that caused the Black Death of the Middle Ages.
Why did Ferdinand II allow the Spanish to use the Palatinate to invade the Netherlands?
The Spanish king and the Holy Roman Emperor were both Habsburgs
What was signed in 1648? What did it accomplish?
Peace of Westphalia, ended the war
Which British monarch from the House of Stuart deposed Oliver Cromwell?
Charles II
How many homes were destroyed in the fire?
13,200
Hygiene
conditions or practices conducive to maintaining health and preventing disease, especially through cleanliness.
At the battle of Lutter in 1626, which Danish mercenary was defeated?
Ernst Von Mansfeld
Who is Gustavus Adolphus?
the Protestant king of Sweden and military genius who decided to invade the Holy Roman Empire in 1630.
From what year to what other year was the Clarendon Code applicable?
1661-1665
Who was the English King during the time of the Plague?
Charles II
What were some differences built into the rebuilding plans?
improvements in hygiene and fire safety: wider streets, open and accessible wharves along the length of the Thames, with no houses obstructing access to the river, and, most importantly, buildings constructed of brick and stone, not wood.
Great Ejection of 1662
An event where the Puritan clergy were expelled from the Anglican church