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8190570082Martin Lutherin October 1517 denounced the church's sale of indulgence in the Ninety- Five Theses; said "I cannot and will not recant anything...God help me. Amen."0
8190570083John CalvinInitiated a Reformation in France, converted to Christianity 1530's, organized a Protestant community, Geneva, and worked with local officials to impose a strict code of morality and discipline on the city. Composed the "Institutes of the Christian Religion"1
8190573884Henry VIIIwanted to divorce wife so he severed relations with the Roman church and made himself Supreme Head of the Anglican church, his reformation in England was much more politically driven than Luther's2
8190573885Ignatius Loyolafounded the Society of Jesus in 1540, believed people needed advanced education3
8190576677Philip IISpainish King who attempted to force England to return to the Roman Catholic church by sendin the Spanish Armada to dethrone the Protestant Queen Elizabeth4
8190582145Elizabeth IProtestant Queen of England when the Spanish armada arrived5
8190584351Charles Vtried and failed to reestablish the Holy Roman Empire,Inherited authority over the Habsburgs, duchy of Burgundy, and Spain NOT: Frequent invasions by England6
8190584352Louis XIVknown as "l'etat c'est moi" which means the Sun King, palace at Versailles, NOT: An attempt to make the nobles an active part of the government7
8190587658Fernando and Isabelfounded the Spanish Inquistion in 1478, and they obtained papal license to operate the institution as a royal agency8
8190587659Charles Iended the English Civil War in 1649 with his trial and decapitation9
8190590893Cardinal Richelieuthe church official architect of French Absolutism who served as cheif minister to King Louis10
8190590894Catherine the Greatthe most able of Peter's successors, worked to improve Russia, social reform cooled after rebellion by soldier Pugachev11
8190593666Keplerdemonstrated that planetary orbits are elliptical, not circular as in Ptolemaic theory12
8190593667Adam Smiththe most important of the early apostles if capitalism, believed that society would prosper when individuals pursued their own economic interests13
8190596251Nicolaus CopernicusPolish astronomer who in 1532 published "On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres", argued that the sun stood in the center of the universe and the earth revolved around it14
8190596252Isaac NewtonEnglish mathematician who wrote "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, believed a law of universal gravitation regulates the motions of bodies throughout the universe15
8190599099Indulgencesa type of pardon that excused individuals from doing penance for their sins and thus facilitated their entry into heaven16
8190599100GenevaJohn Calvin's model Protestant community17
8190602074Council of Trentinstitution that was important for defining the Catholic Reformation and advancing its goals18
8190602075Thirty years' warthe most destructive European conflict before the twentieth century19
8190604636Witch-huntingcaused by tensions between Roman Catholics and Protestants, 85% women20
8190604637States with constitutional governmentsEngland and the Netherlands21
8190608038VersaillesKing Louis' residence, all prominent nobles lived there22
8190608039War after the Peace of WestphaliaThe wars of Louis XIV and the Seven Years' War23
8190611552Balance of Powerthe principal foundation of European diplomacy in early modern times, rulers didn't want states dominating the others24
8190611553Population in 1800180 million25
8190615883Putting-out systemThe system by which unfinished materials were delivered to rural households for production, represented an early effort to organize efficient industrial production26
8190615884Notion of progressbelieved that natural science would lead to greater human control over the world while rational sciences of human affairs would lead to individual freedom and the construction of a prosperous, just, and equitable society27

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