Dangerous

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GATOR WARS
Dangerous
Insane Choice
Might Lose a Limb
Near Death Experience
Death Sentence
Round 2
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What house ruled the southern French kingdom of
Navarre.
3
What was the Glorious Revolution?
4
Who sought to increase the wealth and power of
France by following the ideas of mercantilism.
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Jean-Baptiste Colbert
6
The work of William Shakespeare is perhaps the
best example of what kind of literature.
7
Seven percent of the total French population
were...
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Huguenots
9
Cardinal Richelieu strengthened the power of the
monarchy by doing what?
10
Philip II of Spain was known as what?
11
James I of England believed in the what
philosophy about royalty?
12
Oliver Cromwells defeat of the kings forces
allowed him to do what?
13
The foundation for a constitutional monarchy in
England was laid by what?
14
What is absolutism?
15
Louis XIV maintained complete authority as
monarch. How did he do this?
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Distracting the nobles and royal princes with
court life, to keep them out of politics.
17
What did the Edict of Nantes do?
18
The Protestants in England who were inspired by
Calvinist ideas. What were the called.
19
Puritans
20
The ideas of who can be found in the American
Declaration of Independence and the United States
Constitution.
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John Locke
22
In Jean-Jacques Rousseaus concept of a social
contract does what?
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An entire society agrees to be governed by its
general will.
24
Montesquieus most lasting contribution to
political thought was what?
25
checks and balances
26
Which group consisted of dissenters who sought to
change Catholic practices in the Church of
England?
27
By 1750, Prussia and Austria are what?
28
They were battling for control of the German
states.
29
What helped Britain become a global power in the
1700s?
30
Under the rule of Philip II, which of these
events helped to increase Spanish power?
31
The Ottomans were defeated at Lepanto
32
What is the name of time period of the Virgin
Queen?
33
Glorianna
34
Who was a disturbed Russian Czar that ruled a
turbulent period of Russian history.
35
Who was William the Oranges Grandfather?
36
William the Silent
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Who was Louis XIVs chief advisor?
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Cardinal Mazarin