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Reasons for Dutch economic prosperity

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Urbanism, Agriculture, Shipbuilding, Overseas Commercial Empire

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Emergence of the Netherlands as a Nation

Religious Characteristics

Contemporary Impressions of Dutch Society

Governmental System

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1581: United Provinces of the Netherlands

Toleration

Everyone

Republic

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Who was William III of Orange in the Netherlands?

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The stadholder of Holland

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Two most important models of European Political Organization?

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Absolute Monarchy & Parliamentary Monarchy

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Characteristics of Absolute Rule (2)

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Strong financial base + fully independent

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James I

  • first…
  • son of…
  • religion? sympathies?
  • when did he call Parliament?
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Stuart Monarch
Mary Queen of Scots
Protestant, Catholic sympathies
Only when he absolutely had to

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Reasons for Suspicion of James I’s foreign policy

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reflected pro-catholic sentiments

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Charles I’s extra-parliamentary measures

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levies new taxes, quarters troops in private homes

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The Petition of Right

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states that Charles I needs Parliamentary permission before he can impose new taxes

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Consequences of the religious policies of Charles I

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Bishops Wars

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Long Parliament

  • years
  • first thing
  • big thing
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1640-1660
Executes Charles I’s chief advisors: Laudy & Stafford
Trienial Act

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English Civil War

  • Years
  • Who changed the tide
  • Ends with.. (2)
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1642-1646
Oliver Cromwell
Execution of Charles and the Republic of the Commonwealth

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England under Oliver Cromwell

  • his name & type of government
  • religion
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“lord protector”
military dictatorship
puritan

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3 things England wanted to restore after Oliver Cromwell

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Monarchy
House of Lords
Anglican Church

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Treaty of Dover

  • alliance with who?
  • secret part
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Charles II + France against the Netherlands

He’ll convert to catholicism when the time is right

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Test Act

  • requires all personnel to..
  • particularly directed at
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Swear an oath against Transubstantiation

James, Charles’ brother

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The Popish Plot

  • who masterminded
  • the lie
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Titus Oates

Charles II’s wife is plotting with the Jesuits and the Irish to kill him

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Declaration of Indulgence of 1687

  • who initiated
  • permitted what
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James II

Free worship to protestants

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The Glorious Revolution

  • Year
  • Who is deposed
  • Who is the new monarch
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1688
James II
William and Mary

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Act of Settlement of 1701
passed by
contents

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Passed by William and Mary

English Crown will go to Hanovers of Germany

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Act of Union of 1707
passed by
what it does

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Anne Stuart

Unites England and Scotland into the United Kingdom

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Robert Walpole was the first..

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Prime Minister

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Cardinal Armand Rechelieu

  • imposed what
  • result
  • groomed who
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heavy handed centralization
Fronde
Mazarin

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Louis XIV

  • reign:
  • significance of Versailles
  • Religious Act
  • Symbolism
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72 Years
Required nobles to be dependent on him
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
Sun King

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Religious Policies of Louis XIV - belief - influence
political stability was all about religious conformity | Madame de Montenoit
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Jansenists | -what and against who
Radical Catholic Group against Jesuits
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Result of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
France becomes the symbol for religious repression and an enemy of protestants
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Finance Minister of Louis XIV - who - allowed what
Jean-Baptiste Colbert | Conquering Scotland and Ireland
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Wars fought during Louis XIV's reign
War of Devolution Franco Dutch Nine Years War War of Spanish Succession
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War of Spanish Succession - Alliance formed in opposition - Spanish Netherlands - ?
Grand Alliance | Austrian Netherlands
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France after Louis XIV
bankrupt and no longer as centralized
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Economic beliefs of John Law
an increase in paper money would stimulate France's economy
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17th c. Central and Eastern Europe - type of economy - continuous... - geographical expansion?
agrarian warfare no
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Dynasties of Central and Eastern Europe
Austrian Hapsburgs Hohenzollerns (Prussia) Romanovs (Russia)
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17th & 18th c. Poland - centralized? - what kind of monarchy? - name of legislative body
no elective sjem
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Rulers of Prussia 1. (1640-1688) - 2. (1688-1713) - 3. (1713-1740) - 4. (1740-1786) -
Frederick William - "great elector" Frederick I - first King of Prussia Frederick William I - "soldier king" Frederick II - "the great" - begins Austria vs. Prussia
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Aftermath of Ivan IV in Russia - aka - govt. strength?
Time of Troubles | Weak
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Great Northern War - Years - against who for what - who wins
1700-1721 Against Sweden for Baltic Sea Access (& warm water port) Russia
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what was St. Petersburg?
new capital
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Reforms of Peter the Great and their purpose 1. 2. 3.
1. 8 Administrative Colleges 2. Table of Ranks 3. Holy Synod
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What was the most important thing about the legacy of Peter the Great?
He made Russia Relevant
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Galileo's views on how nature should be understood and explained
mathematically
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5 17th c. scientist
``` Copernicus Brahe Kepler Galileo Newton ```
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Ptolemaic view of the universe: Copernican view: Tychonic view:
P. geocentrism C. heliocentrism T. geoheliocentrism
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Copernicus' contribution to the Scientific Revolution
On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
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Tycho Brahe's contributions to the Sci. Rev.
Astronomical Data
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Johannes Kepler's contributions to the sci. rev.
Elliptical Orbits
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Isaac Newton's 3 contributions to the sci. rev. | + book
Universal Gravitation 3 Laws of Motion Empiricism Principia Mathematica
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3 Literary Works of Galileo
Starry Messenger, Letters on Sunspots, Dialogue of the 2 Chief World Systems
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Mechanism: associated with what object
a watch
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Francis Bacon & his contributions to scientific inquiry - the thing we use everyday - men of... - literary work
Inductive Reasoning Men of Experiment and Men of Dogma Novum Organum
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what were the 2 things associated with Cartesian Dualism?
Thinking things and things that occupy space
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Francis Bacon figured that if we are going to use our brains to figure stuff out, what should it be about?
bettering mankind
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Thomas Hobbes - pessimistic or optomistic? - literary work - favored form of government - social contract
Pessimistic Leviathan Absolutism People give up their rights, King provides protection
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John Locke - pessimistic or optomistic? - literary works (3) - views on people and their rights
optomistic Two Treatises of Government, Letter Concerning Toleration, Essay Concerning Human Understanding People had 3 rights: life liberty and property, if they weren't protected, they could revolt
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Maria Winkelmann's field of study
astronomy
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Subject of Margaret Cavendish's "Observations upon experimental philosophy"
too much excitement about experimental instruments than the actual science
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Movement of the 18th c. influenced by new science
Age of Enlightenment
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Trial of Galileo - quintessential example of - he ended up..
conflict between science and religon | recanting
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Blaise Pascal - literary work - views on God and mankind - religious affiliation - opposition to groups of people
Pensees there is a god, and all humans are unworthy Jansenist Dogmatists for not teaching the right thing, skeptics for not believing
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Pascal's famous wager
take a leap of faith | if there is a god, cool, you'll be in good standing when you die, if there isn't, you've got nothing to lose
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physical-theology | -deducting what from what
deducting religious thought from observing nature
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Causes of Witchhunts
disruptions by religious division misogyny clergy emphasized high and low magic
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results of witchhunts
70-100,000 killed
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targets of witchcraft
old single women
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reasons for end of witchhunts
rational thought with new science
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Emergence of Baroque Art
Rome, Catholic Counter-Reformation
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In Baroque Art, subjects are depicted as...
naturalistic
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Main artist of baroque painting
peter paul rubens
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monument of baroque art
versailles

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