1. PHILIP II BECOMES KING OF SPAIN BATTLE OF LEPANTO HENRY IV BECOMES KING OF FRANCE EDICT OF NANTES IS ISSUED ENGLISH CIVIL WAR BEGINS KING LOUIS XIV INHERITS THE THRONE CHARLES I IS EXECUTED OLIVER CROMWELL FORMS THE COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENT PASSES ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS PETER THE GREAT TOURS EUROPE KING LOUIS XIV DIES WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION BEGINS CATHERINE THE GREAT PARTITIONS POLAND OCTOBER 2014

2. TEST REVIEW Review the following terms using either your textbook or reading notes or both: Section 1: Hapsburg Empire; Charles V; Philip II; absolute monarch; divine right; El Greco. Section 2: Huguenots; Henry IV; Edict of Nantes; Louis XIV; Versailles; balance of power. Section 3: James I; Puritans; Charles I; Oliver Cromwell; English Bill of Rights; limited monarchy

3. TEST REVIEW Review the following terms using either your textbook or reading notes or both: Section 3: Constitutional monarchy; oligarchy. Section 4: Mercenary; depopulation; Peace of Westphalia; Maria Theresa; Frederick II. Section 5: Peter the Great; westernization; autocratic; Catherine the Great.

4. TEST REVIEW: Essay Topic Essay Topic #1: As nation-states were built in Europe, absolute monarchs with vast power and wealth ruled countries such as France and Russia. At the same time in England attempts were made to limit royal power and to protect the rights of some of the people. Be able to compare and contrast these two different paths taken by these major European powers during the 17 th century.

5. TEST REVIEW Essay Topic #2: During the Age of Absolutism, strong monarchs created centralized nation-states whose governments they ruled with complete authority. Consider the following:  Was absolute monarchy an effective system? Was the divine right of kings a valid basis for rule?