1. Chapter 7 Section 1 Europe In Crisis:
The Wars of Religion

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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