World History Unit 5
Approximately, how much did it take to build the Versailles?
$100 million
Causes of the Fronde.
-BAD HARVESTS -DISCONTENT OF PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS AND OFFICEHOLDERS -DECLINE IN GRAIN PRICES
Two important developments of Charles II's reign.
-HABEAS CORPUS ACT -WHIG PARTY AND TORY PARTY
By accepting the Petition of Right, Charles I agreed to what 3 things?
-NO TAXATION WITHOUT PARLIAMENT CONSENT -NO ONE COULD BE IMPRISONED WITHOUT TRIAL -NO SOLDIERS WOULD BE QUATERED IN HOMES IN PEACETIME
What countries or areas did Portugal contact, colonize, or establish posts in?
-SUMATRA -AFRICA -CHINA -JAVA -JAPAN -THE NEW WORLD
The three issues of the English civil wars.
-SUPREMACY OF KING OR PARLIAMENT -NEW ECONOMIC GROUPS WANTED ROLE IN GOVERNMENT -NATIONAL CHURCH OR FREEDOM FOR SEVERAL PROTESTANT GROUPS
Philip II of Spain sent the "Invincible Armada" for what three reasons?
-Spain resented English aid and interference in the Netherlands -the Armada was a religious crusade -Spain wanted to stop English interference with its New World trade
What are the four reasons for Portugal's decline as a world power?
-THEY DIDNT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY OR RESOURCES -THEY LACKED A LARGE POPULATION -LACKED IN SIZE -THEY WERE CONQUERED BY SPAIN IN 1580
Richelieu's two goals.
-TO MAKE THE KING ALL POWERFUL IN FRANCE -TO MAKE FRANCE SUPREME IN EUROPE
Three reasons Philip II sent the Spanish Armada.
-resented English intervention and aid to the Netherlands -wanted to return England to the Catholic Church -wanted to stop English interference with Spain's New World trade
the Incan emperor
ATAHUALPA
English commander against Spanish Armada
Admiral Howard
Prince Henry initiated a program of exploration to find a route to the East Indies, by sailing around what?
Africa
Portugal's only colony in the New World
Brazil
Whose failed because it never had support of the majority of England?
Cromwell's
The Act of Union united what 2 countries constitutionally?
England and Scotland
Who believed in the divine right of kings and believed he had the right to rule the nation any way he liked?
England's Charles I
Charles I was supported by which two parts of England?
Northern and western
In searching for a sea route to the East, England first tried to find a route around what country?
Russia
English pirate
Sir Francis Drake
Portugal had difficulty colonizing because they lacked what three things?
Size, population, and resources
France was established as the strongest nation in Europe as a result of what war?
Thirty Years' war
The Long Parliament passed the what, which called for Parliament to meet at least once every three years?
Triennal Act
How long did the Dutch war last?
1672 to 1678
an Aztec king and warrior
CUAUHTEMOC
In 1487 Bartholomew Dias discovered the tip of Africa, which he called the what?
Cape of Storms
A supporter of Charles I. Name is indicative of the fancy clothes and long, curled hair worn by some supporters.
Cavalier
Parliament voted tunnage and poundage as a means of income for only one year because they distrusted who?
Charles
Who promised to respect Parliament and to observe the Magna Carta and the Petition of Right?
Charles II
Who succeeded in uniting church and state?
Charles V
discovered the New World
Christopher Columbus
Founded in 1600, the what gave effective mercantile organization to England's enterprises in India?
East India Company
What granted freedom of worship and political rights to Huguenots?
Edict of Nantes
stabilized English government
Elizabeth I
What country became a republic after the death of Charles?
England
The first Navigation Act in England required that all colonial exports be carried in what type of ships?
English
The French legislative body
Estates General
conquered the Incas
FRANCISCO PIZARRO
When you export more goods than you import, you are said to have a what?
Favorable balance of trade
wanted to sail around the world
Ferdinand Magellan
In which country did absolutism last longer in?
France
What country faced constant threat of invasion?
France
What country was brought to bankruptcy by war and extravagance?
France
Who became the first country to allow more than one religious group?
France
The official language of many royal courts
French
Which settlements were smaller French or English?
French
Control of the Ohio valley was the issue of what war?
French and Indian
The English and French colonial rivalry climaxed with what war?
French and Indian
What gold was to Spain, ______ was/were to France
Fur
The Gunpowder Plot was led by who?
Guy Fawkes
assassinated in 1589
Henry III
Who laid the foundations that would later allow France to become the strongest country in Europe?
Henry IV
began Bourbon dynasty
Henry IV
Who was the first Tudor king that came to the throne in 1485 at the end of the War of the Roses?
Henry VII
first tudor king
Henry VII
The eastern country in which both France and England were interested
India
England's first and only constitution
Instrument of Government
Royal officials who were directly responsible to the king
Intendants
England and France both wanted to break up the monopoly of the Mediterranean trade that was controlled by which country?
Italy
first of the Stuart kings
James I
Duke of Sully
MAXIMILLIAN DE BETHUNE
The economic policy which included the idea that all colonies existed for the benefit of the mother country
Mercantilism
The English took colonies from the DUTCH and later re-named them what?
New York and New Jersey
ohn Cabot, an Italian sailor, was sent by Henry VII to the new world. What was he seeking?
Northwest Passage
In 1480, to divide the new lands between Spain and Portugal, the pope drew the first what?
Papal line of Demarcation
taxes on the offices of state
Paulette
An important document in English history. Its principles were no taxation without parliamentary consent, no imprisonment without trial, and no quartering of soldiers in homes during peacetime
Petition of Right
a duty levied on each pound of wool exported from England
Poundage
What formed a large part of the king's income?
Poundage and Tunnage
great blond god of the Aztecs
QUETZALCOATL
Established in 1608, what was the first permanent French settlement?
Quebec
Who was the Archbishop of Canterbury who suppressed the Puritans?
Richard Bancroft
Whose main accomplishments were a national postal service and the system of intendants to control LOCAL government?
Richelieu
A supporter of the parliamentary party during the English civil wars. Name indicative of the plain dress and SHORT hair worn by supporters.
Roundhead
What were the remaining members of Parliament called after Cromwell eliminated the ones who liked Charles I?
Rump Parliament
What countries refused to recognize England as a commonwealth?
Scotland and Ireland
What required that exports go to England first before continental ports?
Second Navigation Act
Who was the first Englishmen to sail around the world?
Sir Francis Drake
Parliament was supported by which two parts of England?
Southern and Eastern
In the seventeenth century Caribbean colonies were more important because of the what located there?
Sugar
city of Mexico
TENOCHTITLAN
land tax on the peasantry
Taille
Which acts required officeholders to be practicing Anglicans?
Test Act and Disabling Act
One reform wanted by the Puritans and allowed by James I was what?
The King James translation of the Bible
What group founded despotic government in England?
The tudors
a custom duty levied on each tun (barrel) of wine imported into England
Tunnage
By circumnavigating Africa, who became the first European to reach the East Indies by sea?
Vasco de Gama
The War of Devotion was also known as the what?
War of the Spanish Netherlands
prime minister
William Cecil
What helped the British defeat the Armada in 1588?
a storm, strong current, and swift vessels
Both Louis XV and Louis XVI enjoyed what?
absolute power
Portugal was the first European nation to do what?
contact Japan and China
Reduced tensions between nations
detente
By defeating the Armada, England remained what 2 things?
independent and protestant
Established in 1607, what was the first permanent English colony?
jamestown
An economic system developed to increase the power and wealth of a nation by government regulation of economy
mercantilism
By custom in England the coastal towns contributed ships to the royal navy in emergencies. Under Charles I the levy was extended to the entire country and used to collect money.
ship money
What established England as a world power?
the defeat of the Spanish
Portugal's main source of economic support came through the business of what?
trading
Were Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire and Charles I of Spain the same man?
yes