WORTH:
Absolutism v Constitutionalism
The Stuarts
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England Limited
Monarchy
100
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France
Absolutism
100
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500
17th Century
Conflicts
100
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500
Vocabulary
And Big ideas
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500
WORTH:
Who was William Laud?
MAIN
He was the Archbishop of
Canterbury until 1645 and
sought to emphasize the use of
ritual and the “ beauty of
holiness” which many English
saw as appearing too Catholic.
WORTH:
200 300 400 500
SUBJECT: The Stuarts
MAIN
Who was James I (or James
VI of Scotland)?
He was the first Stuart King of
England as well as the King of
Scotland who alienated
Parliament with his firm belief
in the Divine Right of Kings.
WORTH:
200 300 400 500
SUBJECT: The Stuarts
What was the Petition of Right?
MAIN
This was the document limiting
the power of the English King
presented to Charles I in
1628, when he needed
money to finance his foreign
wars.
WORTH:
200 300 400 500
SUBJECT: The Stuarts
MAIN
Who was Mary II of William
and Mary fame?
She was the eldest daughter of
James II of England who
married the Protestant
Stadtholder of the Netherlands
in 1677.
WORTH:
200 300 400 500
SUBJECT: The Stuarts
MAIN
Who was Queen Anne I?
She was the last of the Stuarts
who died without an heir and
outlived her many children,
which led to the Act of
Settlement which named Sophie
of Hannover as the successor.
WORTH:
200 300 400 500
SUBJECT: The Stuarts
MAIN
What was the English Bill of
Rights in 1689?
This was the document that
William and Mary recognized
and signed that limited the
power of the English King and
guaranteed certain civil
liberties to England’s elite.
WORTH:
200 300 400 500
SUBJECT: England Limited Monarchy
MAIN
What was the Grand Remonstrance?
This was the name of the more
than two hundred grievances
presented to Charles I by
Parliament led by John Pym.
WORTH:
200 300 400 500
SUBJECT: England Limited Monarchy
MAIN
Who were the Cavaliers v the
Roundheads, Parliament v The
King, or the Puritans v The
Anglicans?
These were the two opposing
groups in the English Civil War.
WORTH:
200 300 400 500
SUBJECT: England Limited Monarchy
What was the Test Act of 1672?
MAIN
This was the law passed by the
English Parliament that
required all officials of the
crown civil and military to
swear an oath against the
doctrine of transubstantiation.
WORTH:
200 300 400 500
SUBJECT: England Limited Monarchy
MAIN
Who were the Whigs and the
Tories?
These were the two political
parties formed during the reign
of Charles II one the opposition
party to the King led by the Earl
of Shaftesbury, and the other
loyal to the King.
WORTH:
200 300 400 500
SUBJECT: England Limited Monarchy
MAIN
What was the Palace of
Versailles?
This was the elaborate palace built
by Louis XIV and used to limit the
power of the nobility by requiring
many nobles to be present at court
and to follow elaborate court
protocol.
WORTH:
200 300 400 500
SUBJECT: France - Absolutism
MAIN
Who was Cardinal Jules
Mazarin?
He was the brilliant successor
to Richelieu, a cardinal,
former soldier, and educated
by the Jesuit’s who was Louis
XIV’s chief minister during his
regency.
WORTH:
200 300 400 500
SUBJECT: France - Absolutism
MAIN
Who was Cardinal Armand
Richelieu?
He was the brilliant chief
minister of Louis XIII who
made the French Monarch the
most powerful king in Europe.
WORTH:
200 300 400 500
SUBJECT: France - Absolutism
MAIN
What were the Parlements,
led by the Parlement of Paris?
These were the noble courts that
supposedly limited the power of the
King by approving or disapproving
royal decrees, but in fact helped the
local nobility to keep their power
and resist paying taxes.
WORTH:
200 300 400 500
SUBJECT: France - Absolutism
Who was Jean Colbert ?
MAIN
(no relation to Stephen).
He was the brilliant finance minister of
Louis XIV who used mercantilism or
state control of the economy that
maximized exports and amassed
gold and silver bullion.
WORTH:
200 300 400 500
SUBJECT: France - Absolutism
MAIN
What was the War of
Devolution?
This was the first great foreign
adventure of Louis XIV to
take control of the Spanish
Netherlands by right of his
wife’s claims to Philip IV, the
Spanish King.
WORTH:
200 300 400 500
SUBJECT: 17th century Conflicts
MAIN
What was the New Model Army
( Old Ironsides)?
This was the name of the
Puritan Army which was
reorganized and turned into a
formidable fighting force by
Oliver Cromwell.
WORTH:
200 300 400 500
SUBJECT: 17th century Conflicts
What was the Glorious Revolution?
MAIN
This was the name given to
almost bloodless overthrow of
James II of England by
Parliament and William and
Mary.
WORTH:
200 300 400 500
SUBJECT: 17th century Conflicts
What was the War of the Spanish
Succession?
MAIN
This was the war that France
fought in 1701 with The Grand
Alliance, ( The Holy Roman
Empire, Holland and England)
that sought to maintain a
balance of power in Europe.
WORTH:
200 300 400 500
SUBJECT: 17th century Conflicts
MAIN
What was the Battle of Edgehill,
Marston Moor, Naseby,
Lichtfield, Philipbaugh, Turnham
Green, Langport, and Newbury?
These were the major battles of
the English Civil War from 1642
to 1646.
WORTH:
200 300 400 500
SUBJECT: 17th century Conflicts
Who were the Arminians?
MAIN
These were the Anglicans who
rejected the practices of the
Puritans and favored a
ritualistic, elaborate Church
services.
WORTH:
200 300 400 500
SUBJECT:Vocabulary and Big Ideas
MAIN
What was the Rump
Parliament ?
This was the name given to the
remnants of the English
legislative assembly that were
left when Presbyterians were
barred from participating by
Colonel Thomas Pride in 1648.
WORTH:
200 300 400 500
SUBJECT:Vocabulary and Big Ideas
MAIN
What was the Restoration?
This was the name given to the
return of the Stuart King,
Charles II, after the death of
Cromwell in 1658.
WORTH:
200 300 400 500
SUBJECT:Vocabulary and Big Ideas
MAIN
What was The Fronde?
These were a series of rebellions
against the King of France
organized by French nobles and
the Paris mob that forced Louis
XIV, his mother, and Cardinal
Mazarin to flee Paris.
WORTH:
200 300 400 500
SUBJECT:Vocabulary and Big Ideas
MAIN
Who were the Jansenists and
Jansenism?
This was the name given to the
French opponents centered
around the city of Port Royal
who were opposed to the
theological or religious
thinking of the Jesuits.
WORTH:
200 300 400 500
SUBJECT:Vocabulary and Big Ideas