The Dawning of European Power

By porterhistory
  • Jan 1, 1485

    England was Ruled. (1485-1603)

    England was ruled by Tudor monarchs from 1485 to 1603.
  • Jan 1, 1485

    Henry

    a constant need for money also led Herny to consult parliment frequently. although he had inherited a bullging treasury , he quickly used up all his funds fighting overseas wars.
  • Jan 1, 1500

    France Under Louis XIV

    Late 1500's France was torn apart by turbulent wars of religion.
  • Jan 1, 1516

    Charles V inherites two crowns

    Charles V inherites two crowns
    In 1516, Ferdinand and Isabella's grandson, Charles I, became king of Spain.
  • Jan 1, 1519

    Ruling the Hapsburg Empire

    Ruling the Hapsburg Empire
    Charles V's grandfather died in 1519, Charles I also heir to the sprawling Hapsburg empire.
  • Jan 1, 1556

    Charles V gives up

    In 1556, Charles V gave up his titles and enetered a monastry.
  • May 6, 1560

    France Under Louis XIV

    From 1560's to 1590's religious wars between the Catholic majority and French Protestants, called Huguenots.
  • Jan 1, 1571

    Battles in the Mediterranean and the Netherlands

    Protestants and catholics alike opposed high taxes.

  • Bringing peace to a shattered land

    A hugenot prince inherited the French throne as a Henry IV.

  • Henry IV restores order (late 1500's)

    In the late 1500s, France was torn apart by turbulant wars of rebeligion.

  • Empire Declines

    In the 1600s, spains strength and prosperity decreased.

  • Parliment Triumphs in England

    In the 1600's, while Louis XIV made better royal absolution in France, political power in England went down a different road.

  • Spanish Power

    Throught the 1600's spains strength and prosperity decreased

  • Absolute Monarchy in Russia

    Russia was stilla medieval state

  • Econimic Problems

    when philp ruled : copostly overseas wars drained wealth out of spain, and treasure from amerricas led spain to neglect farming and commerce.

  • The Government

    the goverment heavily taxed the small class.

  • Philip Spanish power grows.

    • the explosion of musliums and jews from spain deprived the economy of many skilled artisans, and merchants
    -the influx of american gold and silver led to soaring inflation

  • Aproval of Parliments

    to levy new taxes, the king had to seek the approval from parliments

  • The clash with the Parliaments

    James repeaditly clashed with plariament over money and foregin policy. he needed funds to finance his lavish court and wage wars.

  • Terrible loss of Life

    the fighting took a terrible toll. Roving armies of mercenaries, or soliders for hire, burned villages, dystroyed crops, and killed without mercy.

  • Parliment Responds

    Charles i inherited the throne.

  • Charles

    He imprisoned he foes without trail and squeezed the nation for money.

  • Raising tax

    Charles needed to raise money taxes forced charles to summoin parliament. the king from raising taxes without parliament consent or from jailing antone without legal justifcation. v

  • Anglican prayer

    Charles and Laud tried to impose the Anglican prayer book on Scotland.

  • Long Parliment begins

    The 1640 parliment became known as the long because it lasted until 1653.

  • Parliament Triumphs in England

    The civil war that followed behind the Parliament lasted from 1642 to 1651

  • lois xIv

    enrich the royal treasury, and he had new lands cleared for farming. also encouraged mining and other basic industries, built up luxury trades such as lace making.

  • France under Louis xlv

    louis expanded the bureaucracy and appointed intendants, royal officals who collected taxes , recruted soliders , and carried out his polices on the provinces.

  • France

    these and other governments jobs often went to weathly middle class men. the state paid, fed, trained, and suplied up to 300,000 soliders.

  • Rise of Austria and Prussia

    In 1648 the combatants accepted a series of treaties , known as the Peace of Westphalia.

  • Parliament Triumphs in England

    Charles I stood on a scaffold surrounded by his foes and declared that he is a martyr of the people in 1649.

  • lois xlv finance minister

    louis's brilliant finance minister, Jean Baptiste Clobert imposed mercatilist polices to bolster the economy. colbert polices help make france the wealthiest state in Europe.

  • Absolute Monarchy in Russia

    Peter dies leaving a mixed legacy

  • Rise of Austria and Prussia

    At this time Prussia was strong enough to challenge its rival Austria

  • The war of the ausrian succesion

    Hapsburg power by recognize the bureaucracy and improving tax collection.forced the nobles and the clergy to pay taxes and tried to ease the burden of taxes and laborservices on peasants.

  • Rise of Austria and Prussia

    The Seven Year's War lasted from 1756 until 1763