Semester 1 Study Guide Chapter 21 Absolute rule Edict of Nantes Skepticism Louis XIV Jean Baptiste Colbert War of Spanish Succession role of serfs in Western Europe Thirty Years War Maria Theresa Frederick II War of Austrian Succession Each country?s royal palace England Austria France Spain Russia Chapters 19 and 20 Columbus Navigation tools Major trading companies Prince Henry Reasons for exploration Vasco da Gama Bartolome Dias African vs. Native American slavery Capitalism Theory of mercantilism Balance of trade Columbian Exchange Joint stock companies Triangular trade Juan Ponce de Leon Francsico Vasquez de Coronado Bartolome de las Casas Pop? Cortes Montezuma II Pizarro Atahualpa Chapter 17 Renaissance Humanism Desiderius Erasmus and Thomas More Gutenberg and the printing press