Quiz 1: England anf France
English commander against Spanish Armada
Admiral Howard
The Test Act and Disabling Act required officeholders to be practicing Catholics.
False.
Charles I was supported by ___________ England.
Northern and Western
tax on the offices of state
Paulette
The Long Parliament passed the _____, which called for Parliament to meet at least once every three years.
Triennial Act
The second Navigation Act required that exports go to England first before continental ports.
True
The Dutch War lasted from 1672 to:
1678
The Act of Union united: 1) England and Scotland in name only 2) England, Ireland, and Scotland in name only 3) England and Scotland constitutionally 4) England, Ireland, and Scotland constitutionally
3
Founded in 1600, the _____ gave effective mercantile organization to England's enterprises in India.
East India Company
granted freedom of worship and political rights to Huguenots
Edict of Nantes
stabilized English government
Elizabeth I
The first Navigation Act in England required that all colonial exports be carried in ___________ ships.
English
The French legislative body was known as the:
Estates General
The Commonwealth was supported by Ireland, but not by Scotland.
False.
Control of the Ohio valley was the issue of the:
French and Indian War
The Gunpowder Plot was led by:
Guy Fawkes
assassinated in 1589
Henry III
began Bourbon dynasty
Henry IV
First Tudor king
Henry VII
The eastern country in which both France and England were interested was:
India
England's first and only constitution
Instrument of Government
England and France both wanted to break up the monopoly of the Mediterranean trade that was controlled by which country?
Italy
Duke of Sully
MAXIMILLIAN DE BETHUNE
John Cabot, an Italian sailor, was sent by Henry VII to the new world. What was he seeking?
Northwest Passage
King of Spain
Philip II
Who was the Archbishop of Canterbury who suppressed the Puritans?
Richard Bancroft
English pirate
Sir Francis Drake
Parliament was supported by __________________ England.
Southern and Eastern
France was established as the strongest nation in Europe as a result of the:
Thrirty Years' War
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 and Habeas Corpus Act.
prime minister
William Cecil
Causes of the Fronde included:
bad harvests, discontent of provincial governors and officeholders encouraged by English civil wars, and decline in grain prices
Which was NOT a method Charles used to raise money? a) Told judges to increase fines in criminal cases b) Sold monopolies c) Sold knighthood titles for high fees d) Sold kingdom land
d
When you export more goods than you import, you are said to have a(n) ____________ balance of trade.
favorable
By accepting the Petition of Right, Charles I agreed to:
no one could be imprisoned without a trial, no taxation without Parliament consent, and no soldiers would be quartered in homes in peacetime.
In the seventeenth century Caribbean colonies were more important because of the (, , , ) located there
sugar
The three issues of the English civil wars included:
supremacy of the king or Parliament, new economic groups wanted role in government, and national church or freedom for several Protestant groups.
land tax on the peasantry
taille
Richelieu's two goals were:
to make the king all powerful in France to make France supreme in Europe
Three reasons Philip II sent the Spanish Armada include:
wanted to stop English interference with Spain's New World trade, wanted to return England to the Catholic Church, and resented English intervention and aid to the Netherlands.