History 7.2-7.3

• War of Jenkin's Ear

  A small war between English and Spain and was settled by the treaty of Aix-La-Charelle.
• Seven Year War Also known as French and Indian war was a seven year war fought in north america

  The French and the Natives teamed up in this war.
• Treaty of Paris

  Made France give up their land to England in Canadian territories. Some territories they gave up were Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys
• What is a donatario?


  it is a person who has total control of a specific amount of land.
• Two Separatist groups left England


  1608
• Separatists


  Believed the Church of England had biblical practices
• Separatists left the Netherlands for America

  1620
• Storms blew them off course
• They wrote an agreement of self-government, the Mayflower Compact, and signed it on November 11, 1620
• Mayflower Compact


  An agreement of self-government
• Mercantilism


  Economic system in which a country was considered wealthy if it had a large supply of gold and silver
• Mercantilism dominated Europe from around 1500 to 1800
• Exports


  Goods taken out of a colony or country
• Imports


  Goods brought into a country
• Nations needed more exports than imports
• They discouraged imports by putting tariffs on goods coming into the country
• Capitalism


  An economic system in which businesses try to make money as they compete in a marketplace
• The religion that each colonizing country embraced was affected not just by the Protestant and Catholic Reformations but also by various wars over religion of the 1500s
• Huguenots


  French Protestants who accepted Calvinist form of Protestantism
• Saint Bartholomew's Day massacre


  1572
• Henry of Navarre


  Member of a Huguenot Bourbon Family who became king of France and issued the French Edict of Nantes
• The Edict of Nantes was later revoked, and the Huguenots were forced to flee France
• Habsburgs


  One of the most powerful families in Europe, now fierce supporters of the Catholic Church and its rule over the Holy Roman Empire
• Charles V


  Habsburg emperor of the Holy Roman Empire crowned in 1519
• In 1531, Charles V outlawed Lutheranism
• This led to an alliance of Protestant German princes
• In 1549 Charles V engaged in a series of wars with the Protestants and their allies
• Peace of Augsburg


  Gave the German princes the right to choose their religion for their territory
• Through wars and marriage alliances, the Habsburgs gained control over Spain, Spain's overseas colonies, the Netherlands, and parts of central Europe
• Philip II


  Spanish king who defended Catholicism
• Philip II sent troops to the Netherlands under the leadership of the Duke of Alva, whose harsh tactics created bad will
• Dutch Republic


  Protestant provinces in the Netherlands that went their own way
• Philip II of Spain


  Son of the Habsburg ruler Charles V and Isabella of Portugal, ruled over an empire that included territory on five continents and many island territories
• Philip worked diligently but not wisely, as too much attention to detail and failure to make decisions promptly kept his government from ruling efficiently
• Philip's empire was directly responsible for the spread of Catholicism
• Henry VIII


  King of England from 1509 to 1547 who broke off from the Catholic Church when the pope refused to give him a divorce
• Church of England


  The established church in England, which was Protestant in doctrine and practice but took steps to avoid offending Catholics
• Edward VI led the Church of England in a strong Protestant direction
• Mary I and her husband were devout Catholics
• Elizabeth I was Protestant, but took steps to avoid offending Catholics, keeping England relatively at peace