LifePac World History Unit 5:1 England and France

Gunpowder Plot

Led by Guy Fawkes, this was a failed attempt to blow up the British Parliament along with its overwhelmingly Protestant aristocracy:

Admiral Lord Charles Howard

Led the English Fleet against the Spanish Armada.

Long Parliament

Parliament convened by Charles I in 1640; lasted on and off for 20 years; passed laws that limited power of monarchy

Elizabeth I

Queen of England who stabilized the English government

James I

Replaced Elizabeth I on the throne; allowed the translation of the Bible into English

Cavaliers

Supporters of Charles I. Name is indicative of the fancy clothes and long, curled hair worn by some supporters.

Henry VII

the first Tudor king; became king in 1485

Quebec

the first permanent French settlement

Versailles

the palace of Louis XIV

Act of Union

A constitutional union of government of Scotland and England passed in 1707

tunnage

A custom duty levied on each tun (barrel) of wine imported into England.

Poundage

A duty levied on each pound of wool exported from England. Along with tunnage, formed a large part of the king's income.

absolutism

A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

Roundheads

A supporter of the parliamentary party during the English civil wars. Name indicative of the plain dress and short hair worn by supporters.

Sir Francis Drake

An English pirate who sailed into the harbor of Cadiz and burned the fleet there.

mercantilism

An economic system developed to increase the power and wealth of a nation by government regulation of economy. Policies used included accumulation of gold and silver, a favorable balance of trade, trading monopolies, and encouragement of manufacturing.

Petition of Right

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.

Richard Bancroft

Archbishop of Canterbury who had oversight over the Kings James translation

Seven Years War

French and English colonial rivalry climaxed in what war?

ship money

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.

Instrument of Government

England's only written constitution

Hapsburgs

The great ruling family in Spain and Austria in the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries.

Philip II

The king of Spain that sent the Spanish Armada to fight England

1. The more gold and silver it had, the more prosperous a co entry was. 2. self-sufficiency 3. colonies

What were the three features of mercantilism?

Henry III

assassinated in 1589

intendants

local royal French officials

William Cecil

prime ministry during the reign of Elizabeth I.