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who agreed to become king and queen of england in 1689?
William and Mary
what are Huguenots?
french from france
how did the thirty years war end in 1648?
the signing of the Peace of Westphalia treaty
what is an armada?
a fleet of war ships
what is inflation?
a rapid increase on prices
who were called Cavaliers
supporters of King Charles I during the English Civil War
what natural rights are all humans born with?
Life, liberty, and property
what is a planation?
a large agricultural estate
Samuel de Champlain explored what river?
St. Lawrence River
who founded Quebec in 1608?
Samuel de Champlain
what river did LaSalle explore?
Mississippi for france
who was the first englishman to sail around the world?
Francis Drake
What did Pope Paul III call in march of 1545?
the Council of Trent
what is a Mestizo?
a person mixed European and Native American descent
what is a Mulatto?
a person of mixed African and European descent
who named the U.S.A state of Florida?
Juan Ponce de Leon
what was the Globe theater
circular; it had no roof and could hold 3,000 people for plays
what did the Peace of Augsburg end in 1515?
the Religious Wars in Germany
what did the english seize in 1664?
the dutch colony of new netherlands and renamed in New York
who ruled Russia from 1613-1917?
the Romanov dynasty
what are subsidies?
payments made to support enterprises a gov’t this are beneficial
what happened in Germany in June of 1524?
The Peasants war
who executed Charles 1 on January 30, 1649?
the Rump Parliament
who were the puritans?
church of england members who believed the Anglican Church needed further reforms
what did Jacques Cartier do?
explored and named the gulf of st. lawrence
who discovered the mississippi river for spain?
Hernando de Soto
what was the divine right of kings?
the belief that the monarch gets his/her power to rule from GOd and NOT his/her subjects
what was the Mita system?
a system of labor that allowed spanish authorities to draft indigenous labor to natives
England and Holland sponsored which english explorer?
Henry Hudson
what is a creole?
a person of European descent born into latin america in living there permanently
what was absolutism?
a political system in which a ruler holds total power
where did Juan Cariho sail?
the coast of california
when did Elizabeth of Tudor become queen of England?
1558
what did the british do in 1833?
abolished slavery throughout their empire
who issued the Edict of NAmes in 1598
Henry IV of France
what was the colonial name of Canada when france was in the Americas?
New France
what was the Columbian Exchange?
the exchange of plants and animals from Europe to the americas
who thought up Predestination?
John Calvin
who did the English defeat in 1588?
the Spanish Armada
what is restoration?
to bring back to a former position or condition
what was a Peninsulare?
a spanish or Portuguese official who resided temporarily in Latin america for political and economic gain and then returned to Europe
what is a draft?
to select for some purpose, to conscript
what does Pizarro Establish in 1535?
Lima as a capital
Who Did Pizarro capture in 1531?
The Inca with 180 men
What was Gian Lorenzo Bernini considered because of his work with sculptures and Architecture?
the greatest figure of the Baroque period
why did Louis XIV of France foster the myth that he was the sun king?
He thought he was the source of light for all his people
what is a commonwealth?
a nation, state, or other political unit founded by law and united my agreement for and by the people
what was Encomienda?
a system that allowed Spanish landowners to use native Americans as laborers
Tasman, Abel
Netherlands
Van nort, Oliver
Netherlands
Schouten, Willem
Netherlands
Ponce de Leon, Juan
Spanish
Pizarro, Francisco
Spanish
Magellan, Ferdinand
Spanish
De Vaca, Caeza
Spanish
Drake, Francis
England
Cabot, John
England
Frobisher, Martin
England
Kao, Diogo
Portugal
Cabral alvares, Pedro
Portugal
da Gamma, Vasco
Portugal
Cartier, Jacque
French
de Champlain, Samuel
French
Cavelier, Robert
French
Verrazano, Giovanni
French
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