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6183789448Counter ReformationAlso known as Catholic Reformation0
6183789449English Civil WarA conflict over royal verses. Parliamentary rights caused by king Charles the first arrested of his parliamentary critics and ended with his execution its outcome checked the royal grow absolutism and with the glorious Revolution of 1688 and the English Bill of Rights of 1689 ensure that Anglina would be a constitutional monarchy1
6183789450Oliver CromwellPartían general -Replaced Charles the first and began monarchy with a republic2
6183789451Charles II (England)Paid William Penn in 1682 a huge grant for territory in Pennsylvania because he owned Penn's father3
6183789452VersaillesThe huge palace built for French king Louis 14th S. Paris in the town of the same name. The power is symbolized the prominence of French power and architecture in Europe and triumph of royal authority over the French nobility4
6183789453Holy Roman empireLoose federation of mostly German states and principalities headed by an emperor elected by the princes it lasted from 962 to 18065
6183789454WitchhuntThe pursuit of people suspected of witchcraft especially in northern Europe in the late 16th and 17th centuries. 2/3 women6
6183789455Scientific revolutionIntellectual movement in Europe intentionally associated with planetary motion and other aspects of physics that by the 17th century I'd lay the groundwork for modern science7
6183789456enlightenmentPhilosophical movement in 18th century Europe that fast of the belief that no one could reform society by discovering rational laws that govern social behavior and we're just a scientific as the laws of physics8
6183789457bourgeoisieModern Europe the class of well-off town dwellers who is wealth came for manufacturing, finance, commerce and allied professions9
6183789458joint-stock companyA business often backed by government charter that sold shares to individuals to raise money for its trading enterprises and to spread the risk/profits among many investors10
6183789459MediciWealthiest family11
6183789460HabsburgA powerful European family that provided many holy Roman Emperors, founded the Austrian empire and ruled 16th and 17th century Spain12
6183789461Henry VIII (England)Strong defender of the Papcy against Lutheran criticism. He wanted to get divorce from Catherine of Aragon and basically started a war with the catholic church established Church of England13
6183789462Henry IV (France)Bourbon king, son of King Louis XIII, supported the Catholic Church14
6183789463James II (England))Refused to accept Parliament's rights and had his heir baptized a Roman Catholic and then they exiled him and the Glorious Revolution of 1688 started.15
6183789464Saint Bartholomew's day MassacreThe St. Bartholomew's Day massacre (French: Massacre de la Saint-Barthélemy) in 1572 was a targeted group of assassinations and a wave of Catholic mob violence, directed against the Huguenots (French Calvinist Protestants) during the French Wars of Religion.16
6183789465PotosiLocated in Bolivia, one of the richest silver mining centers in most populous cities in colonial Spanish America17
6183789466EncomiendaA grant of authority over a population of Amerindians in the Spanish colonies. He provided the grant holder with a supply of cheap labor and periodic payments of goods by the Amerindians18
6183789467MitaAndean Labor system based on sharing obligations to help kinsman and work on behalf of the ruler and will just organizations19
6183789468New Laws of 1542(Bartolomé de las Casas) prohibited American Indian slavery and suggested alternative of using African slaves20
6183789469Chattel slaveryChattel slavery is what most people have in mind when they think of the kind of slavery that existed in the United States before the Civil War, and that existed legally throughout many parts of the world as far back as recorded history. Slaves were actual property who could be bought, sold, traded or inherited.21
6183789470Triangular tradeThe route taken by people or whatever across the Atlantic ocean22
6183789471Middle passageWorst part of triangular trade route, part where slaves are shipped across ocean23
6183789472Columbian exchangeThe exchange of plants and animals diseases and technologies in the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus' voyages24
6183789473Hidalgos/PeninsularesWhite, Spanish25
6183789474CreolesWhite, born in America but parents are Spanish26
6183789475MesfizosMix of Spanish and indigenous ancestry27

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