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What house ruled the southern French kingdom of Navarre.

What was the “Glorious Revolution”?

Who sought to increase the wealth and power of France by following the ideas of mercantilism.

Jean-Baptiste Colbert

The work of William Shakespeare is perhaps the best example of what kind of literature.

Seven percent of the total French population were...

Huguenots

Cardinal Richelieu strengthened the power of the monarchy by doing what?

Philip II of Spain was known as what?

James I of England believed in the what philosophy about royalty?

Oliver Cromwell’s defeat of the king’s forces allowed him to do what?

The foundation for a constitutional monarchy in England was laid by what?

What is absolutism?

Louis XIV maintained complete authority as monarch. How did he do this?

Distracting the nobles and royal princes with court life, to keep them out of politics.

What did the Edict of Nantes do?

The Protestants in England who were inspired by Calvinist ideas. What were the called.

Puritans

The ideas of who can be found in the American Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution.

John Locke

In Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s concept of a social contract does what?

An entire society agrees to be governed by its general will.

Montesquieu’s most lasting contribution to political thought was what?

checks and balances

Which group consisted of dissenters who sought to change Catholic practices in the Church of England?

By 1750, Prussia and Austria are what?

They were battling for control of the German states.

What helped Britain become a global power in the 1700s?

Under the rule of Philip II, which of these events helped to increase Spanish power?

The Ottomans were defeated at Lepanto

What is the name of time period of the Virgin Queen?

Glorianna

Who was a disturbed Russian Czar that ruled a turbulent period of Russian history.

Who was William the Orange’s Grandfather?

William the Silent

Who was Louis XIV’s chief advisor?

Cardinal Mazarin