17th Century State Making Flashcards

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Louis XIII (160-40)

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Guided by Cardinal Richelieu

  • spies to monitor nobility
  • intendants as local officials
  • Huguenots must not fortify town
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Henry IV, Bourbon

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Edict of Nantes: gave Huguenots rights

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Louis XIV (1640-

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  • High taxes
  • defeated the Fronde
  • led by Cardinal Mazarin
  • Fr divided by estates
  • Fr academies of arts, of science
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Jean Baptiste Colbert

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Mercantilist.
Fr Minister of finance
High tariffs limited foreign goods

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Edict of Fountainebleu 1685

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Louis XIV revoked Edict of Nantes

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Petition of Right 1628

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Allowed Charles I (Eng) to gain taxes

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English Civil War

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King’s Cavaliers vs Parliament’s Roundheads

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Oliver Cromwell

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Puritan

For parliament, New Model Army, defeats Charles I

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Declaration of Indulgence 1673

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Charles II (Eng) Toleration for other religions

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Treaty of Dover 1670

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Charles II gets paid by Louis XIV for introducing Cath in Eng

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James II 1685-89

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Tories supported him

Whigs opposed him

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Glorious revolution 1689

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Whigs invite Wiliam of Orange and Mary to rid James II

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Bill of Rights 1689

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William III and Mary II Eng respect Parliament/ sovereign liberties

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Toleration act 1689

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Allowed non Protestants to worship privately in Eng

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Act of Succession 1701

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No Catholics on English throne

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Nine years war

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League of Augsburg against Louis XIV Fr

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Treaty of Ryswick 1697

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Ended 9 years war, Louis XIV gains some towns

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War of Spanish Succession

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Fr and Spn VS Eng, Neth, HRE for Spanish throne

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Peace of Utrecht 1714

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Ended War of Spanish Succession.

Philip V king of Spn

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Pragmatic Sanction 1713

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HRE Charles VI secured throne for daughter Maria Theresa

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Prussia’s rise to power

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  1. Great Hogenzollern (leader)
  2. Efficient use of resources
  3. Military tradition
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Frederick William “Great Elector”

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  • got support from Junkers
  • general War Commissariat
  • welcomed Huguenots after Nantes
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Fred William I

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Introduced merit to govt service

  • Promote middle class
  • funneled funds to army
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Peter I “the great” 1880 - 1730

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Westernization of Russia.
Rid backwardness and traditions.
Put church under ctrl of state.

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Great Embassy

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Peter I trip to West (Europe) with 100s technical advisors

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Table of Ranks

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Peter i’s govt syst of Merit

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Great Northern War 1700-20

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Charles XII (Swed) vs Peter I (Rus).

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Treaty of Nystadt 1721

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Ends Great Northern War

Rus gained Baltic