17th Century State Making

Question 0

Louis XIII (160-40)

Answer 0

Guided by Cardinal Richelieu

• spies to monitor nobility
• intendants as local officials
• Huguenots must not fortify town

Question 1

Henry IV, Bourbon

Answer 1

Edict of Nantes: gave Huguenots rights

Question 2

Louis XIV (1640-

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Jean Baptiste Colbert

Answer 3

Mercantilist.
Fr Minister of finance
High tariffs limited foreign goods

Question 4

Edict of Fountainebleu 1685

Answer 4

Louis XIV revoked Edict of Nantes

Question 5

Petition of Right 1628

Answer 5

Allowed Charles I (Eng) to gain taxes

Question 6

English Civil War

Answer 6

King’s Cavaliers vs Parliament’s Roundheads

Question 7

Oliver Cromwell

Answer 7

Puritan

For parliament, New Model Army, defeats Charles I

Question 8

Declaration of Indulgence 1673

Answer 8

Charles II (Eng) Toleration for other religions

Question 9

Treaty of Dover 1670

Answer 9

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

Question 10

James II 1685-89

Answer 10

Tories supported him

Whigs opposed him

Question 11

Glorious revolution 1689

Answer 11

Whigs invite Wiliam of Orange and Mary to rid James II

Question 12

Bill of Rights 1689

Answer 12

William III and Mary II Eng respect Parliament/ sovereign liberties

Question 13

Toleration act 1689

Answer 13

Allowed non Protestants to worship privately in Eng

Question 14

Act of Succession 1701

Answer 14

No Catholics on English throne

Question 15

Nine years war

Answer 15

League of Augsburg against Louis XIV Fr

Question 16

Treaty of Ryswick 1697

Answer 16

Ended 9 years war, Louis XIV gains some towns

Question 17

War of Spanish Succession

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Peace of Utrecht 1714

Answer 18

Ended War of Spanish Succession.

Philip V king of Spn

Question 19

Pragmatic Sanction 1713

Answer 19

HRE Charles VI secured throne for daughter Maria Theresa

Question 20

Prussia’s rise to power

Answer 20

1. Great Hogenzollern (leader)
2. Efficient use of resources
3. Military tradition

Question 21

Frederick William “Great Elector”

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Fred William I

Answer 22

Introduced merit to govt service

• Promote middle class
• funneled funds to army

Question 23

Peter I “the great” 1880 - 1730

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Great Embassy

Answer 24

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

Question 25

Table of Ranks

Answer 25

Peter i’s govt syst of Merit

Question 26

Great Northern War 1700-20

Answer 26

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

Question 27

Treaty of Nystadt 1721

Answer 27

Ends Great Northern War

Rus gained Baltic