World History Prentice Hall Chapter 16 Vocabulary

the Holy Empire and the Netherlands

heir of the Hapsburg Empire (Charles I)

expanded Spanish influence, strengthened the Catholic Church, and made his own power absolute

a ruler with complete authority over the government and the lives of the people

belief that the ruler's authority comes directly to God

fleet to carry a Spanish invasion force to England

"The Greek" who painted haunting religious pictures and portraits of Spanish nobles during Spain's Golden Age

an important writer of Spain's Golden Age who wrote Don Quixote becoming Europe's first modern novel

Catholics and French Protestants who tore France apart

a prince who inherited the French throne in 1589 fighting against fierce Catholic opposition to gain control of France (Huguenots)

granted the Huguenots religious toleration and other freedoms

(1624) chief minister who devoted the next 18 years to strengthening the central government after Henry IV's death

five year old who inherited the throne in 1643 after Richelieu's death

royal officials who collected taxes, recruited soldiers, and carried out his policies in the provinces

brilliant finance minister who imposed mercantilist policies to bolster the economy

royal French residence and seat of government established by King Louis XIV

morning ritual during which nobles would wait upon French king Louis XIV(rising)

the goal to maintain a distribution of military and economic power among Europeans nations to prevent any one country from dominating the region

first Stuart monarch, who agreed to rule according to English laws and customs after Elizabeth I's death

Protestants who differed with the Church of England

members of an English Protestant group who wanted to "purify" the Church of England by making it more simple and more morally strict

inherited the throne on 1625 and behaved like an absolute monarch; refused to sign the Petition of Right and dissolved Parliament

a puritan member of the lesser gentry and proved himself to be a skilled general

24. - series of acts passed by the English Parliament in 1689 that limited the rights of the monarchy and ensured the superiority of Parliament

government in which a constitution or legislative body limits the monarch's powers

a government whose power is defined and limited by law

parliamentary advisors to the king who originally met in a small room

28. - a government in which the ruling power belongs to a few people

one of the seven German princes who would choose the Holy Roman emperor

the Catholic Hapsburg king of Bohemia, sought to suppress Protestants and to assert royal power over nobles

soldier serving in a foreign army for pay

reduction in the number of people in an area

series of treaties that ended the Thirty Year's War (1648)

Charles VI daughter who was intelligent and capable to rule Hapsburg lands

- series of wars in which various European nations competed for power in Central Europe after the death of Hapsburg Emperor Charles IV 40. -

a strong military in central Europe that emerged in late 1600s

Prussian ruler who came to power upon the death of his father in 1713

preferred playing the flute and writing poetry instead of training in the art of war

used his power to put Russia on the road to becoming a great modern power

the adoption of Western ideas, technology, and culture

having with unlimited power

landowning nobles in Russia under the tsars

port that is free of ice year-round

capital city and major port that Peter the Great established in 1703

a new monarch who took the reins of the power after Peter died without an heir or a naming successor

a division into pieces