Guided Reading 14-1
1. Name the chief cause of religious wars that plagued Europe in the sixteenth century.
2. Who were the Huguenots?
3. What issues besides the religious played a role in the French civil wars?
4. What even brought the French Wars of Religion to an end?
5. How did Philip II strengthen his control over Spain?
6. How did Spain see itself, based on its Catholic heritage?
7. What happened when Philip tried to crush Calvinism in the Netherlands?
8. Why has the seventeenth century been called the golden age of the Dutch Republic?
9. What two notable things happened during the reign of Elizabeth Tudor?
10. What did Philip II believe would happen if Spanish forces invaded England?