english

Approximately, how much did it take to build the Versailles?

$100 million

The Act of Union united:

England and Scotland constitutionally

In the seventeenth century Caribbean colonies were more important because of the (, , , ) located there.

Sugar

The Long Parliament passed the _____, which called for Parliament to meet at least once every three years.

Triennial Act

Henry IV

began Bourbon dynasty

Henry VII

first Tudor king

The Dutch War lasted from 1672 to:

1678

Maximilian de Bethune

Duke of Sully

Founded in 1600, the _____ gave effective mercantile organization to England's enterprises in India.

East India Company

The first Navigation Act in England required that all colonial exports be carried in ___________ ships.

English

Admiral Howard

English commander against Spanish Armada

Sir Francis Drake

English pirate

The French legislative body was known as the:

Estates General

Control of the Ohio valley was the issue of the:

French and Indian War

The English and French colonial rivalry climaxed with the:

French and Indian War

The Gunpowder Plot was led by:

Guy Fawkes

The eastern country in which both France and England were interested was:

India

England's first and only constitution is known as the ___________ of Government.

Instrument

England and France both wanted to break up the monopoly of the Mediterranean trade that was controlled by which country?

Italy

Established in 1607, what was the first permanent English colony?

Jamestown

John Cabot, an Italian sailor, was sent by Henry VII to the new world. What was he seeking?

Northwest Passage

Parliament voted tunnage and poundage as a means of income for only one year because

Parliament distrusted Charles.

Who was the Archbishop of Canterbury who suppressed the Puritans?

Richard Bancroft

In searching for a sea route to the East, England first tried to find a route around _____.

Russia

Who was the first Englishmen to sail around the world?

Sir Francis Drake

Which was NOT a method Charles used to raise money?

Sold kingdom land

France was established as the strongest nation in Europe as a result of the:

Thirty Years' war

(true or false) One of the features of mercantilism is the acquisition of more gold and silver.

True

The War of Devotion was also known as the _____.

War of the Spanish Netherlands

Two important developments of Charles II's reign included:

Whig Party and Tory Party, Habeas Corpus Act

Henry III

assassinated in 1589

Causes of the Fronde included:

decline in grain prices, discontent of provincial governors and officeholders encouraged by English civil wars, bad harvests

The English took colonies from the _______________ and later re-named them New York and New Jersey.

dutch

(true or false) Both Louis XV and Louis XVI enjoyed absolute power.

false

(true or false) Louis XIV did not believe in the divine right of kings

false

(true or false) The Commonwealth was supported by Ireland, but not by Scotland.

false

(true or false) The Test Act and Disabling Act required officeholders to be practicing Catholics.

false

When you export more goods than you import, you are said to have a(n) ____________ balance of trade.

favorable

What gold was to Spain, ______ was/were to France.

fur

Edict of Nantes

granted freedom of worship and political rights to Huguenots

Royal officials who were directly responsible to the king were called ____________

intendants

Philip II

king of Spain

taille

land tax on the peasantry

By accepting the Petition of Right, Charles I agreed to:

no one could be imprisoned without trial, no taxation without Parliament consent, no soldiers would be quartered in homes in peacetime

Charles I was supported by__________ England.

north and western

William Cecil

prime minister

Established in 1608, what was the first permanent French settlement?

quebec

The French settlements were ________ than the English settlements.

smaller

Parliament was supported by ____________ England.

southern and eastern

Elizabeth I

stabilized English government

The three issues of the English civil wars included:

supremacy of king or Parliament, new economic groups wanted role in government, national church or freedom for several Protestant groups

paulette

tax on the offices of state

One reform wanted by the Puritans and allowed by James I was:

the King James translation of the Bible

Richelieu's two goals were:

to make France supreme in Europe, to make the king all powerful in France

(true or false) Cromwell's government failed because it never had support of the majority of England.

true

(true or false) England became a republic after the death of Charles.

true

(true or false) France was brought to bankruptcy by war and extravagance.

true

(true or false) Louis persecuted the Huguenots.

true

(true or false) The second Navigation Act required that exports go to England first before continental ports.

true

Three reasons Philip II sent the Spanish Armada include:

wanted to stop English interference with Spain's New World trade, resented English intervention and aid to the Netherlands, wanted to return England to the Catholic Church