This conflict took place between 1562 and 1598 in France during the Age of Absolutism when two groups fought for control of the country. I am the conflict, and not the groups.
What are the French Wars of Religion?
100
This was the name of the conflict that took place in Germany during the Age of Absolutism
What is the Thirty Years' War?
100
This civil war began in 1642, and was also fought between Catholic and Protestant groups.
What is the English Revolution?
100
This King technically took the throne at age 4, but only really started ruling after he became an adult
Who is Louie XIV?
100
This thinker of the Scientific Revolution realized that the Earth was not the center of the universe, and that instead, it circled around the sun.
Who was Copernicus?
200
These two groups were the ones fighting during the conflict in France, and in almost every other conflict during this time period.
Who were the Protestants and Catholics?
200
This family led the Catholics during the conflict in Germany and ruled the Holy Roman Empire.
Who were the Hapsburgs?
200
He took over at the end of the English Revolution, and eventually became an absolute monarch.
Who was Oliver Cromwell?
200
This king gave himself a very great nickname once he took Russia's throne.
Who was Peter the Great?
200
This Enlightenment thinker believed that there were natural laws that governed society and that the purpose of government was to benefit the community.
Who was John Locke?
300
In 1589, this person took the French throne and ended the conflict in the country.
Who is Henry of Navarre?
300
This peace agreement ended the conflict in Germany in 1648.
What is the Peace of Westphalia?
300
This term describes the British kings' belief that they were born to be king and chosen by God.
What is the "divine right of kings?"
300
This word was the term given to Russian kings, and was the Russian word for Caesar.
What is the czar?
300
This French word was used to describe several of the french thinkers during the Enlightenment.
What is "philosophes?"
400
This law ended the conflict in France and gave everyone religious freedom, or the right to worship whichever religion you choose.
What is the Edict of Nantes?
400
This technique was used by military groups during that time to increase the number of people that could be killed at once.
What is the salvo?
400
At the start of the war in England, Parliament was mostly this religion, while the King of England was of that religion.
Who were the Protestants, and Catholics?
400
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What is FORDHAM UNIVERSITY?
400
John Locke believed that before people created societies, they lived in this "state," where everyone was free and equal.
What is the "state of nature."
500
This group of Protestants were the ones being persecuted for their beliefs during the conflict in France.
Who were the Huguenots?
500
This country used the Thirty Years' War as an excuse to go to war against the Germans.
What was France?
500
This law was meant to keep any Catholic from taking the British throne.
What is the Exclusion Bill?
500
Because Louie XIV saw himself as a light to all of his people, he gave himself this nickname.
What is the Sun King?
500
This multi-talented English man wrote certain laws of physics which helped define modern science.