Chapter 17 Flashcards
Ruled 70 years in France
Louis XIV
Cardinal Rachlieu’s successor
Mazarin
King known as the Sun King
Louis XIV
Established the bureaucratic government
Louis XIV
Authoritarian kings were those who expected
Unconditional obedience to their authority.
Totalitarian kings expected
Complete TOTAL control over every aspect of the peoples lives
Age of absolutism spanned the years
1600-1700
Louis XIV’s minister of finance
Jean Baptiste Colbert
Father of New France
Samuel de Champlain
Date of the foundation of Quebec
1608
Samuel de Champlain founded the colony of
Quebec
First permanent French colony in America
Quebec
Father of the enlightenment
Voltair
Father French Romanticism
Russo
Name of the French government after the third estate took over
National Assembly
The oath the third estate took
Tennis court oath
What event marks the Independence Day of the French
Storming of the Bastielle
The act that did away with feudalism in France
August 4th Decree
People who flee France hoping to return with Foreign help hoping to counter the revolution
Ammograys
Committee of Public Safety member who became the most influential man in the French Government
Maximilian Robespierre
The end of the Reign of Terror.
July 27, 1794
Greatest sea Battle in history
Battle of Trafalgar
What year did the battle of Trafalgar take place
October 21, 1805
Greatest naval hero ever
Lord Horatio Nelson