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Chapter 7 Section 1 Europe In Crisis:. The Wars of Religion. Guided Reading Activity. Name the cause of French religious wars: Calvinism and Catholicism were aggressive in trying to win converts and eliminate one another Who were the Huguenots? French Protestants. Guided Reading Activity.
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Chapter 7 Section 1Europe In Crisis: The Wars of Religion
Guided Reading Activity • Name the cause of French religious wars: • Calvinism and Catholicism were aggressive in trying to win converts and eliminate one another • Who were the Huguenots? • French Protestants
Guided Reading Activity • What other issues (besides religion) played a role in the French civil wars? • Towns were willing to assist nobles in weakening the monarchy • What event brought the French Wars of Religion to an end? • 1589 – Henry of Navarre (political leader of Huguenots) succeeded to the throne and converted to Catholicism
Guided Reading Activity • How did Philip II strengthen his control over Spain? • He insisted on strict conformity to Catholicism • How did Spain see itself, based on its Catholic heritage? • As the people chosen by God to save Catholicism from Protestant heretics
Guided Reading Activity • What happened when Philip tried to crush Protestantism in the Netherlands? • Violence erupted and Calvinists began destroying statues in Catholic churches • Why has the seventeenth century been called the golden age of the Dutch Republic? • They held center stage as one of Europe’s great powers
Guided Reading Activity • What two notable things happened during the reign of Elizabeth Tudor? • The small kingdom became the leader of the Protestant world and the stage was set for a huge empire to emerge • What did Philip II believe would happen if Spanish forces invaded England? • The people of England would rise up against the Queen when the Spaniards arrived