Absolute Monarchs Flashcards
part 2
At the time Peter the Great took the throne, what group was most essential to the Russian economy
serfs
Who was the king who increased the power of the intendants at the expense of the nobility?
Louis XIV
Who wrote Don Quixote?
Cervantes
Who was the minister to Louis XIV whose policies drove nobles to rebel against a boy king?
Cardinal Mazarin
What Calvinist king of Scotland inherited Elizabeth I’s throne as well as her conflicts with Parliament?
James I
who were boyars
Russia’s landowning nobles
What countries Armada was defeated by the English navy?
Spain
WHo was the Protestant prince who became a Catholic king?
Henry of Navarre (Henry IX)
Philip II believed it was his duty to defend what religion from its enemies in Europe and the Ottoman Empire?
Catholicism
What group fought against the Catholics in eight wars in France between 1562 and 1598?
Huguenots
Why was the site of St. Petersburg chosen?
for a water route to Europe
What time period began when Charles II took the throne?
Restoration
Who replaced the Italians as the bankers of Europe?
The Dutch
William of Orange helped free what country from Spanish control?
Netherlands
What was the name of Louis XIV’s palace
Versailles
Who was the first czar of Russia?
Ivan the terrible
What country was Austria’s greatest enemy?
Prussia
What type of government did James I believe should exist?
absolute monarchy
WHat document made it clear the limits on royal power after the Glorious Revolution?
Bill of Rights
Who was the minister of finance under Louis XIV whose policies of mercantilism caused France’s economy to grow and prosper?
Jean Baptiste Colbert
Who was Ivan the Terrible’s cruelty aimed at
boyars
WHat Puritan leader ruled England after the end of the English Civil War?
Oliver Cromwell
What Puritan leader abolished the monarchy and ruled as a military dictator?
Oliver Cromwell
What was Peter the Great’s main reason for visiting the west?
wanted to westernize his nation
