History - Midterms

When was the Renaissance?

1300s - 1650s

Where was the Renaissance?

italy

how did art change during the renaissance?

got more realistic

what is the reformation

a religious movement that was started to make changes to the Catholic Church

reformation - main reasons for leaving the Catholic Church

church became too rich & power, kings competed for power with the Pope, ideas from the renaissance, bible was in latin only, kings & merchants didn’t like paying taxes to Pope, sold indulgences, and corrupt & immoral presists & pope

invented printing press

Johann Gutenberg

European exploration & Expansion - original goal

find a sea route to Asia

3 G’S

god, gold, & glory

John cabot

1st England explorer to land in NA

sir Francis drake

explored w coast of americas

Henry Hudson

mapped out NY & Canada & established dutch claims to America

Jacques Cartier

claimed Canada for France

conquered Aztecs

hernando cortez

conquered incas

Fransisco Pizarro

isolationism

national policy of avoiding political or economic entanglements with other countries

absolute monarch

a form of government in which there is a monarch who enjoys a total political control w/o laws that limit it

divine right

the right of a sovereign to rule as set forth by the theory of government that holds that a monarch receives the right to rule directly from God & not from the people

Ivan the terrible

russia

Louis ixv

france

Charles i

England, scotland, ireland

how did Louis xiv show his power

excluded nobles from his royal council, lived an expensive lifestyle, went to war w Spain & England, raised taxes, and built expensive palace

how did Ivan the terrible show his power

reduced the nobles power, created a secret police force, ruled w/o limits, killed many, and became paranoid

parliament

a group of individuals ( all land owning nobles) who the king of England is traditionally asking advice for laws, taxes, etc.

petition of right

a major constitutional document that states no taxes may be levied w/o consent of Parliament, can’t imprison ppl w/o reason, can’t have soliders in ppls homes, & can’t impose martial law in peacetime. (docfument was made b/c of Charles heavy belief in “divine right.”

issues behind the English civil wars

King Charles VS parliament // issues were money and religion