WH Review Sheets 4th Q

What was one of the most important movements of the later middle ages?

Development of several European nations into great nations with strong, centralized governments.

Name the three Germanic tribes that invaded Britain in the 5^th century.

Angels, Jutes, Saxons

What happened to England in the mid-800’s?

Danes invaded England

Name the first great king of England.

Alfred the Great

What was the Norman Conquest?

William the Conqueror’s victory at the Battle of Hastings in 1066

Who was the first Plantagent king of England?

Henry II

What is common law?

Law common to all citizens

Name the three great precedents of freedom outlined in the Magna Carta.

No taxation without representation; right of habeas corpus; trial by jury

During whose reign did Parliament begin?

Henry III

What was the Hundred Years’ War fought over?

Between England and France over English claims to lands on the Continent

Who was the first king of France?

Hugh Capet

What was the Reconquista?

Retaking of Spain from the Moors

Who were the king and queen that funded Columbus’ journey?

Ferdinand and Isabella

Peace of Westphalia: Treaty that ended the Thirty Years’ War.

Thirty Years’ War: Civil war in Germany and the Holy Roman Empire over internal religious and political issues.

Edict of Nantes: Decreed that Hugenots could live in any towns or districts in France they chose.

St. Bartholemew’s Day Massacre: August 24, 1572. Perhaps 100,000 Hugenots killed.

Shakespeare: Greatest writer of all time.

Invincible Armada: Perhaps the greatest naval force the world has ever seen.

Anglican Church: Church of England

Act of Supremacy: Act that recognized Henry VIII as the supreme head of the English church.

Council of Blood: Council set up by the Duke of Alva that killed 8,000 Dutchmen.

Counter-Reformation: Attempted to make certain limited changes in the Roman Church.

Augsburg Confession: First Protestant confession of faith,

Peasants’ Revolt: German peasants revolted against the nobles in hopes of winning their freedom.

James I: First Stuart king of England.

1611: Year for the completion of the King James Bible.

Jamestown: First permanent English settlement in the New World.

Petition of Right: Reaffirmed the liberties and rights which Englishmen had won in the past.

Eleven Years’ Tyranny: During this period, England moved from a limited, representative government to an absolute and irrepressible monarchy.

Roundheads: Those who supported Parliament in the English Civil War.

Cavaliers: Those who supported the king in the English Civil War.

Oliver Cromwell: Placed in command of the Parliament’s army.

Protectorate: New government put in place by Cromwell to replace Parliament.

Charles II: Became king of England when the monarchy was restored.

English Bill of Rights: Permanently established English traditional political liberties.

Queen Anne: Last Stuart monarch in England.

Great Awakening: Revival in America from 1730-1760.

Jonathan Edwards: First great voice of the Great Awakening.

George Whitefield: Best-known evangelist of the Great Awakening.

John Wesley: English revivalist in England around 1740.

John Locke: One of the most influential philosophers of the Age of Reason.

William Blackstone: Leading authority on English law in the 18^th century.

James Cook Greatest British navigator and explorer of the age.

William Pitt the Elder: First Prime Minister of England.

George I: First Hanoverian king of England.

George III: English king during the War for Independence.

1789: By what year was the Constitution ratified?

Florence Nightengale: created the modern nursing profession

Charles Darwin: theory of evolution

William Pitt the Younger: Prime Minister during French Rev. and Napoleon

Dwight L. Moody: American evangelist; great impact in England

Edward VII: king after Victoria

Victoria: England’s longest-reigning monarch

Prince Albert: Victoria’s husband

William Gladstone: "The Grand Old Man"

Benjamin Disraeli: Jewish man; leader of English Conservative Party

Charles Spurgeon: "Prince of Preachers"

materialism: matter is the only reality

YMCA: established to improve the spirituality of young men

suffrage: right to vote

utilitarians: greatest amount of happiness for the greatest number of people

British North America Act: made Canada self-governing

agnostic: existence of God is not provable and therefore not important

Act of Union: officially joined England and Ireland

Reform Bill of 1832: granted suffrage to middle-class males

Catholic Emancipation Act: allowed Irish Catholics to vote

East India Company: powerful trade company in India

India Act: England got all political control of India

British Commonwealth of Nations: association of nations with Britain as head

Sepoy Rebellion: native Indian troops rebelled against British soldiers

Year the Republic of Ireland became independent: 1949

Year Australia became independent: 1901

Year Canada became independent: 1867

Dates for the reign of Queen Victoria: 1837-1901

Year New Zealand became independent: 1907

Key issue that has prevented peace between Ireland and England: religion

Three reasons the British expanded their empire: gold, God, glory

Peaks of history.

Types of government.

The rise of the RCC (chapter 11)

The Holy Roman Empire

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