Complete List of Terms and Definitions for French/English History Test

Terms Definitions
Magellan 1st to circumnavigate the world
Puritan Revolution (1642-1649) Royalists vs. Roundheads
Roundheads hire cromwell and he creates the New Model Army for the Puritans
Cromewell and the Rounheads Win
1648: Charles I was captured and executed
1648: Pride\'s Purge
Agincourt battle where Henry V of England defeated the French. Treaty married Henry and the French King's daughter.
Charles V Grandson of Ferdinand and Isabella, Holy Roman Emperor (Charles I of Spain)
Who started the house of Stuarts? James I
Henry III (1574-1589) No children, assassinated for revenge of the murder of priest that he had ordered
Longbow New weapon that ended the dominance of the knight.
Elizabeth (1558-1603) Takes over after half-sister Mary, and allows the Anglican church to come back, no children, ends Tudor dynasty.
Amerigo Vespucci Wrote many letters and descriptions of the new world thus leading to the term "America"
Catherine de Medici Great Granddaughter to Lorenzo the Magnificent. Wife of Henry II and mother to 3 kings of France.
Edict of Nantes Gave Huguenots equal treatment under law
James II (1685-1688) He immediatley violates English laws and parliament. Gets overthrown by his daughter Mary and Parliament in the Glorious Revolution
George I 1st Hanover
Ascended the throne due to the Act of Succession by William and Mary
Peace of Westphalia Ended war and maintained balance of power and allowed more religious choice. Broke "Germany into hundreds of small principalities.
Invincible Armada Huge navy built by Spain's new wealth from the new world.
Hundred Years War 15th century series of wars fought between England and France for the throne of France
Henry VIII (1509-1547) Created Anglican church. Did so to gain a divorce from from 1st wife, and liberate power from the pope.
Henry IV: 1589 Issued the Edict of Nantes
Created the Intendants and the Corvee
What is the Clerendon Code Favored against Christians and Puritans
Promoted Anglicanism
Glorious Revolution William and Mary overthrow James II in a bloodless revolution.
Storming of Bastille The National Assembly (aka 3rd estate) storms bastille to fortify themselves in response to Louis XVI calling his army to Versailles
Henry (IX) of Navarre (1574-1589) 1st of Bourbon dynasty, ended religious fighting by the Edict of Nantes, assassinated by radical Catholic priest.
What is the Spanish Armada Spain tries to christianize England and fails
What is the Commonwealth or the Republic (1649-1660) Cromwell creates a \"dictatorship\"
Cromwell issues the Blue Laws which makes all of England Puritan
The Spanish Armada took place under which Sovereign? In which country? Elizabeth I of England
Act of Supremacy Made the English ruler the head of the church.
What is the Trennial Act Parliament must be called atleast once every three years
William and Mary (1689-1702)
 William vs. France in a war
Issue the Act of Succession which guarantees that no Stuart will take the crown (goes to Mary\'s sister Anne and then Sophia of Hanover)
Louis XIV (1643-1715) Became king at the age of 4, known as the "Sun King". Ruled France with absolute power
What is the Act of Union Issued by Queen Anne which formed Great Britian by unifying England, Scottland, Ireland and Wales