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1
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2 government types in European nations

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  1. Constitutionalism - England, Dutch republic

2. Absolutism - France, Spain, Eastern Europe

2
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Political situation in the Dutch Republic-
how many provinces?
power?

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  • each 7 provinces independent
  • no absolute power ruler
  • power passed into hands of wealthy merchants
3
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Religious situation in Dutch Republic?

Resulted in?

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  • Calvinism dominant, but tolerated all religions

- helped created cosmopolitan society promoting commerce

4
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Leading financial center of Europe in 17th century

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Dutch Republic’s Amsterdam

5
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What replaced Italians as the bankers of Europe?

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Amsterdam Exchange Bank

6
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Dutch East Indies Company

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displaced Portuguese in control of spice trade in East Indies

7
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Dutch golden age of artistic achievement
years?
major artists?

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  • 1600s

- Frans Hals, Rembrandt, Vermeer

8
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Characteristics of Dutch art

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Unlike Baroque, focused on nation’s prosperous merchants

9
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Why did Dutch Republic decline

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Costly wars with England and France

10
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Gentry

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in England, the wealthy landowners who dominated House of Commons

11
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What was unusual about English gentry?

its consequences?

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  • were willing to pay taxes
  • tax burden less excessive on the peasantry,
  • demanded a role in determining national expenditures, creating conflict with Stuart kings
12
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by end of 17th century, largest religion in England?

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Calvinists (Puritans), demanded changes in Anglican church

13
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issue between king vs. parliament in England

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  • Stuart kings wanted to be free of parliament and believed they had divine rights
  • House of Commons demanded stronger voice in political affairs
14
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Church issues in English Anglican Church

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Stuart kings vs. people (puritans)

Episcopal form vs. Presbyterian form of organization

15
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Episcopal form vs. Presbyterian form

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Episcopal - only king and bishops determine doctrines of church
Presbyterian - allowed church members greater voice in running the church

16
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English rulers/power shift from 1603 - 1688

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James I (1603-1625) –> Charles I (1625-1649) –> civil war –> Interregnum under Oliver Cromwell (1649-1658) –> Restoration under Charles II (1660-1685) –> James II (1685-1688)

17
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James I
beliefs?
work published?

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  • royal authority came directly from God

- “The True Law of Free Monarchies”

18
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James I vs. parliament

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James didn’t listen to the Puritans of the Parliament who wanted to rid the Church of England of the bishops (“popish remnants”)

James I: “No bishops, no king”

19
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Petition of Right year? who? why?

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  • 1628
  • Charles I
  • In return for grants of money from parliament, he signed it that gave more right to the people and parliament
20
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What happened when William Laud attempted to impose the English Prayer Book on the Scottish Presbyterian Church?

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Scots formed an army and occupied northern England determined to defend their religion.

21
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English Civil War
years?
fought between?

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  • 1642 ~ 1649

- Cavaliers vs. Roundheads

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Cavaliers

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aristocrats, nobles, church officials who remained royal to king. favored monarchy and Anglican Church

23
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Roundheads

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Puritans, middleclass businessmen favoring Parliament and Presbyterian church

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Who led the Roundheads to defeat Cavaliers?

what did he do? (2 things)

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Oliver Cromwell

  • organized New Model Army
  • executed Charles I
25
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government system under Oliver Cromwell?

What did it do?

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The Commonwealth

- abolished monarchy and the House of Lords. Thus, one-house Parliament had political power

26
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In 1653, what did Cromwell do?

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took the title Lord Protector, establishing a one man rule supported by the army

27
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Cromwell’s foreign policy against the Dutch

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  • Navigation Act of 1651: designed to give greater control over American colonies
  • series of wars that weakened Dutch
28
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What kind of society did Cromwell and puritans attempt to create?

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strict moral code that censored the press, prohibited sports, and closed theaters

29
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What two radical groups did Cromwell oppose?

describe them

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  • Levellers: advocated universal manhood suffrage + written constitution for equal rights to all
  • Quakers: reject religious hierarchies and allow women to preach
30
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What happened when Cromwell died in 1658

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His son Richard did not command the same respect, so Parliament invited Prince Charles Stuart, the eldest son of Charles I to return from exile

31
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what occurred during Charles II’s reign?

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Restoration

32
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What did the Parliament divide into?

Why?

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  • Tories and Whigs

- b/c of debate over James II

33
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Significance of Whigs and Tories

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world’s first political parties

34
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What did James II do

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determined to return England to Catholicism

35
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What came after Restoration and James II?

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Glorious Revolution

36
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What power shift happened in the Glorious Revolution?

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overthrow of James II in favor of William of Orange and Mary(daughter of James II)

37
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Glorious Revolution = (document)

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Bill of Rights 1689, placed clear limits to the power of English monarchy

38
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Glorious Revolution shaped England’s government into:

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constitutional monarchy controlled by an aristocratic oligarchy

39
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Thomas Hobbes wrote?
influenced by?
major beliefs?

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  • “Leviathan”
  • horrors of English Civil War
  • human beings innately brutish and need absolute political authority to be controlled
40
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John Locke published?

major beliefs?

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  • “Second Treatise of Government”

- unlike hobbes, humans are creatures of reason and goodwill, tabula rasa

41
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Locke’s major theory

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“natural rights”

42
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Hobbes vs Locke on the subject of government types

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  • Hobbes: strong government, absolute and unlimited
  • Locke: Limited government to safeguard people’s natural rights. If rulers betray this trust, the governed have the right to replace them