4.6: challenges to state power

sio, gov

fronde

series of revolts/wars in france to lessen royal power

glorious revolution

nobles invited king james II’s son (protestant, while his father wasn’t) to invade England—when he did, james fled to france from england and his son became king, banning catholics

maroon wars

as england began to take control of the caribbean from spain, runaway slaves built their own settlements & revolted, led by queen nanny in jamaica

pueblo revolt

in southwestern north america, the pueblo & apache fought against forced conversion by the spanish (later reconquered in 1692)

pugachev rebellion

pugachev began a rebellion against catherine the great, claiming to be her late husband seeking revenge; was incredibly unsuccessful…

ana nzinga

the ruler of Ndongo, she made an alliance with portugal & converted to christianity but when the alliance broke, she fled & ruled Matamba, offering freedom to slaves

metacom’s war

the final effort by indigenous people to drive the english out—-ended with the subjugation of Wampanoag people

maratha empire

maratha were a group of hindu warriors who fought a series of battles against the mughal empire, eventually establishing the maratha empire through the end of the mughal’s reign