Euro Unit 3: Rise of Nation States

Ferdinand and Isabella

Rulers of Spain in late 1400s-early 1500s

Hapsburgs

Royal family of Spain

Charles I (V) and Phillip II

Great rulers of Spain

Catholic

Religion of Spain

Expansion and Colonization to America and the Philippines

How they made Spain strong

Mercantilism

economic policy characterized by having a favorable balance of trade

Motherland

colonies exist for the good of the…

Religious unity in Spain

Expelled Jews and Muslims, Spanish Inquisition formed to find false converters

Spanish Armada

Invasion of England lead by Phillip II, Spain lost

Bourbons

Royal family of France

Henry IV, Louis XIII, Louis XIV

Leaders of France

Catholic with sizeable Hugenot (Calvinist) minority

Religion of France

Henry IV

converted from Hugenot to Catholic

Gallican Articles

put church under king’s control-similar to act of supremacy

Estates-General

French weak version of parliament, didn’t meet for almost 100 years

Edict of Nantes

French tolerance for Hugenots

Cardinal Richelieu

Chief advisor of Louis XIII who got rid of religious tolerance for hugenots

Intendants

nobles of France

Versailles

Nobles of France bought off by Louis XIV to keep them close and cut their ties with outside nobles

30 years war

War constructed by Richelieu to weaken Spain and the Holy Roman Empire

Louis XIV

“The Sun King”, everything revolved around him