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Down: 1)  Spain and the Netherlands were very different. King Philip raised taxes in the Netherlands and tried to crush Protestantism (the Netherland’s religion). Dutch citizens responded in furious mobs that attacked Catholic churches. After fighting for 11 years, seven northern providences of the Netherlands united and declared their independence from Spain. Across: 2) At first King Louis XIV gained a few towns from small battles. When his luck ran out, French was doing badly economically; they had had poor harvests and were in debt because the king had built the Palace of Versailles. The French people wanted peace, yet they got another war (War of the Spanish Succession). 3) He created a secret police because he didn’t trust the boyars and accused them of poisoning his wife, Anastasia. Ivan’s secret police would kill those Ivan thought were traitors. The police would also kill servants and the boyar’s family and gave their land to a new class of nobles. 4) To prevent wealth from leaving France, Colbert tried making France self-sufficient (made everything instead of relying on imports). He gave government funds and tax benefits to French companies and placed a high tariff on goods from other countries. He also encouraged people to migrate to France’s colony in Canada (Quebec). 5) Absolute monarchs believed in divine rights. This meant that God created the monarchy and the monarch was God’s representative on Earth. They believed they could do whatever they wanted because gave them the power to do so. 6) Tensions arose because Lutherans and Catholics were threatened by Calvinism. When Ferdinand II closed down some Protestant Churches, Protestants revolted against Ferdinand II. 7) It gave prisoners the right to go to a judge and face a trial in which it would be decided if the prisoner was set free or sentenced. This way a monarch couldn’t imprison his opposes. 8) Introduced potatoes, which became a staple of the Russian diet. Started Russia’s first newspaper and edited its first issue himself. Raised women’s status by having them attend social gatherings. Ordered the nobles to give up their traditional clothes for Western fashions> Advanced education by opening a school of navigation and introducing schools for the arts and sciences. 9) Kings had often been overthrown, killed in battle, or put to death in secret; but Charles I had a trial and was appointed guilty and faced public execution. 10) Austria was allies with France, Russia, and others. Britain allied with Prussia. 11) He wanted to modernize and Russia. He also wanted to be able to compete with other European powers and their technologies. 12) The Spanish Armada consisted of more than 130 ships. When the British destroyed the fleet Spain lost many ships and money invested in the ships. Spain was extremely weakened and lost power over Europe because Queen Elizabeth’s accomplishments spread across Europe and Protestant nations. 13)  France and Spanish would not join together. England won a Spanish fortress that controlled the entrance to the Mediterranean. From France, Britain gained the North America territories of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, and abandoned claims to the Hudson Bay region. 14) During the Thirty Years’ War, they reconquered Bohemia, and wiped out Protestantism there. After the war, they centralized the government and created a standing army. By 1699 they had retaken Hungary from the Ottoman Empire. 15) In an absolute monarchy the monarch has unlimited powers, while in a constitutional monarchy there are laws that limit a ruler’s power.
 

 

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