Unit Readings:

Chapter 13

Chapters 7 & 8

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Paragraphs - Respond to the following questions in one or more well-written paragraphs. In answering the questions, you must incorporate and highlight all of the terms listed underneath each question. The meaning and significance of each of the terms should be absolutely clear. Party on.

1. Explain how religion, foreign policy, and fiscal issues (i.e. government finance) drove a rift between the first two Stuart kings (James I & Charles I) and Parliament. (WH pp. 477-485 & MEH pp. 91-96)

James I

Duke of Buckingham

Thorough

Charles I

Divine right

Puritans

"No bishops, no king."

Power of the Purse

Episcopal

Presbyterian

Gunpowder Plot

Pro-Spanish Foreign Policy

Petition of Right

Ship Money

William Laud

 

2. Describe the major events of the English Civil War that brought Oliver Cromwell to power in England. (WH pp. 488-489 & MEH pp. 96-98)

John Pym

Short Parliament

Long Parliament

Grand Remonstrance

Roundheads

Cavaliers

Oliver Cromwell

New Model Army

Pride's Purge

Rump Parliament

January 30, 1649

 

3. Describe the rule of Oliver Cromwell - why did Englishmen ultimately decide to restore the monarchy in 1660? (WH pp. 488-489; MEH pp. 98-99)

Commonwealth

Protectorate

The Restoration

Charles II

Lord Protector

 

4. Explain how religious conflict between the monarchy and Parliament led to the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Why was it considered "glorious"? (WH pp. 489-493; MEH pp. 99-103)

Charles II

Clarendon Code

Declaration of Indulgence

Test Act of 1673

James II

Declaration of Liberty of Conscience

Glorious Revolution

William & Mary

Bill of Rights

Toleration Act

Act of Settlement

 

5. Discuss the means by which 17^th century French monarchs increased, centralized, and exercised their power over France. (WH pp. 493-499; MEH pp. 106-115)

Henry IV

Duke of Sully

Louis XIII

Richelieu

Intendants

Mazarin

The Fronde

"L'état, c'est moi"

Lettres de cachet

Jacques Bossuet

Versailles

"Nobles of the Robe"

 

6. Discuss the evolution of the religious policy of the French monarchy between 1598-1685. (WH pp. 494-495, 499-500, & 503-505; MEH pp. 108-110 & 114-115)

             Edict of Nantes

             Cardinal Richelieu

             Peace of Alais

"One King, One Law, One Faith"

Jansenists

Gallicanism

Revocation of the Edict of Nantes

7. Briefly explain how the powers of Europe united to thwart Louis XIV’s ambitions in the War of the Spanish Succession. (WH pp. 505-508; MEH p. 117)