chapter 14 Flashcards
(49 cards)
1
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absolute
A
2
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divine right
A
3
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henry IV
A
4
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cardinal richelieu
A
5
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30 years’ war
A
6
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gustavus adolphus
A
7
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peace of westphalia
A
8
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louis XIV
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9
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jules mazarin
A
10
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jean-baptiste
A
11
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versailles
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12
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louis XV
A
13
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frederick william
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- “The Great Elector”
- unified his territories under an absolutist government
- most important Prussian ruler
- takes away the power of the estates to regulate taxes (he did this by using his army of 30,000 men)
- increases taxes to support his large army
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frederick II
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- “The Great”
- one of the greatest military heroes in Prussia
- the greatest soldier of his time
- tripled Prussia’s territory
- strengthened economy
- there were political and social reforms (torture abolished and more religious freedom)
15
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hohenzollern
A
16
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why couldn’t Habsburg create Austria into an absolute state?
A
1- the roman catholic church and the nobility
2- they were surrounded by aggressive countries (France and Prussia)
3- they ruled too many nationalities to create a strong and unified government
17
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josheph II
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did things against the nobility and the roman catholic church
18
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ivan IV
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- “The Terrible”
- the 1st tzar
- expands Russia’s territory
- had the nobility and his son killed
- overtaxed people
- treated people like slaves
19
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czar or tzar
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comes from Caesar
20
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romanov
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- ended turmoil in Russia by taking the throne
- overthrown by Peter I
21
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peter I
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- 1st romanov
- ruled until 1917
- wanted to turn Russia european
- builds a navy
- brings shipbuilders, mathematicians, and engineers from Europe
- outlaws beards and long robes for men
22
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great northern war
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- peter (win) VS sweden (lose)
- fought for land along the Baltic Sea
23
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catherine II
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- marries peter III (believed that she was the one who killed him)
- sent religious peasants to Siberia (gulag)
- supported education
- made church property into government property which weakens the russian orthodox church
- also wanted russia to go european
- expands russia at the expense of Poles and Turks
24
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james I
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25
charles I
26
petition of rights
27
roundheads
28
cavaliers
29
oliver cromwell
30
protectorate
31
charles II
32
restoration
33
habeas corpus act
34
james II
35
glorious revolution
36
william and mary
- williamsburg was named after him
- The College of William and Mary was founded in 1693 under the issue of king william III
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bill of rights
38
act of settlement
39
cabinet government
40
grand alliance
41
treaty of utrecht
42
pragmatic sanction
43
maria theresa
44
treaty of aix-la-chapelle
45
diplomatic revolution
46
7 years' war
47
william pitt
- pittsburgh is named after him
48
treaty of paris
49
essay questions
1- how did divine right theory support absolutism?
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