This will be the Golden Age of the Netherlands and France. The kings of France‚ England and Spain claimed loyalty of their subjects‚ monarchical power added up to something close to sovereignty‚ sovereign in power within their boundaries. In the period between 1589 and 1715‚ two basic patterns of government emerged in Europe: absolute monarchy (examples - France and Spain) and the constitutional state (examples - England and the Netherlands). Almost all subsequent European governments have been modeled
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--UNIT ONE & TWO: EXPLORATION AND CONQUEST--- MAJOR EXPLORERS Balboa 1511: goes to Panama and is the first explorer to see the Pacific and the Americas Ponce de Leon (Spain) 1513: getting older seeks Fountain of Youth -- goes to Florida to prevent aging Magellan wants to circumnavigate the world gets killed in the Philippines but one of his boats successfully makes it given full credit -- Spain gains worldly agriculture Cortes major Spanish figure followers were
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Puritans think Cromwell was a hero because Cromwell‚ Himself was a puritan. During the war the soldiers thought he was a hero so they made him cheaf-in-command. The Church of England and Catholics thought that Cromwell was a villain. When Cromwell brought the army into parliament‚ many M.P’s thought he was behaving like Charles 1 and ruling through the army‚ and being tyrant. In source B it says that‚ the kings army ran away from them and his command had beaten all the Prince’s horses. Cromwell
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In 1698‚ King James I of England published a book concerning his rule as an absolutist monarch called‚ True Law of Free Monarchies. In this book‚ King James I justifies his actions as an absolutist leader and reasserts his role in the government as an all powerful center of authority. James I explains how parliament is simply the bridge between the king and his vassals. He states all noteworthy acts are done through the king who passes laws and regulations of the people’s request. His final words
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British history. How did his reputation change? Why? And what has been changed? During the period of king Charles II’s reign (1660~1685) and as well as the 1930s and 1940s‚ many people considered him as a villain‚ who killed Charles I to get more powerful. Under Cromwell’s rule‚ people feared him because he was cruel and strict. He banned the things that are now allowed and were in Charles II’s reign: Eating turkey on Christmas day Dancing Going to theatres Watching bear baiting Working
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retranslation of the English bible Who was responsible for the Gunpowder plot What did the Petition of Right state What were the names of the supporters of Charles I and supporters of Parliament Who was the leader of the roundheads? Who was the king that was executed in England and when did it happen? Why is the execution of Charles I revolutionary?
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increasingly disenchanted with the oppressive and corrupt Stuart monarchy. A time when Charles I‚ a true believer of the divine right of kings‚ decided to rule without parliamentary consent‚ and imprison Puritan parliamentary leaders in 1629. Winthrop penned A Model of Christian Charity in response to his disillusionment on his way to New England on the Arbella in 1630‚ joining the first large contingent of Puritans who left England in order to establish the godly commonwealth. Leaving behind his lay life as
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Chapter I: literature of the middle ages A. ANGLO- Saxon period (5th - 10th centuries) During the first five centuries of our era and long before that‚ Britain was inhabited by a people called Kelts‚ who lived in tribes. Britain’s history is considered to begin in the 5th century‚ when it was invaded from the Continent by the fighting tribes of Angles‚ Saxons and Jutes. At the very end of the 5th century they settled in Britain and began to call themselves English (after the principal tribe of
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they lived. In England the power of the nobility increases due to a victory in the English Civil War and the Glorious Revolution of 1658. However‚ in France‚ Louis XIV¡¯s absolutist regime decreased the powers of the noble but heightened their material status. In Russia and in Prussia‚ the absolutist leaders of those countries modernized their nations + the nobility underwent a change‚ but it retained prestige + power. Charles I considered himself to be an absolute monarch in England in the 1630¡¯s
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AP EUROPEAN HISTORY NOTES- Filled with silliness and inside jokes‚ enjoy at your leisure :) If something is in [] brackets‚ it is only written in there for our pleasure‚ ignore it if you are looking for actual information. • 7: The Renaissance and Reformation- 1350-1600 Key: UMSUniversal o Georgio Vasari- Rinascita=rebirth (like Renaissance) painter/architect Male Suffrage o Individualism: People sought to receive personal credit for achievements‚ unlike medieval ideal of “all glory goes to
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