absolutism quiz Flashcards
absolutism
the monarch reigns with complete power over his subjects
sovereignty of the king over the nation
justification of the divine rights of kings
what ended in 1610 due to the assassination
henry IV’s attempt to control the nobility
who took over for henry IV
Louis XIII
who was Louis XIII under the guidance of
cardinal Richelieu
what did Louis XIII
destroyed the novels castles
replaced them in court with professionals
broke the power of the huguenots (autonomy)
what rebellion broke out in paris
the fronde
what was the fronde
aristocratic rebellion
who was guiding france when the fronde broke out
Cardinal mazarin
when did louis XIV take the throne
age 5 upon his fathers death
who did Louis XIV marry
Maria Theresa of Spain
what did louis spent his life doing
making sure that the rebellion thing didn’t happen again
what was louis XIV taught to do and who was he taught by
taught to rule strongly by his mother and advisors
who was the sun king
Louis XIV
what was louis XIV “motto”
i am the state!
what did louis revoke
the edict of nantes
what was the edict of nantes
granted huguenots substantial rights in a nation that was essentially still Catholic
how many huguenots fled because of Louis XIV
200,000
what did Louis XIV ban
protestantism
who was louis finance minister
Jean Baptiste colbert
what did jean baptiste colbert do
reduced the debt of france
what didn’t jean baptiste colbert do
tride unsuccesfully to abolish internal tariffs
what happened to louis’ wars
wars were expanded to the boundary of france east to the Rhineland (natural boundary)
what was the army expanded to by Louis
50,000- 400,00
was the largest in europe at that time
how many wars were there form 1667-1714
4 wars
what did those 4 wars do
expunged the royal treasury (melting down the royal silver by the end of the third war
what was the 4th war with louis
war of spanish succession
what is the treaty of utrect
series of individual peace treaties
who was Philip of Anjou
louis grandson
what was agreed in the treaty of utrecht
that the same rules would never rule both thrones
what were mongols also known as
tatars
who dominated what until the mid 1400’s
mongols had dominated russia until the mid 1400’s
why was it known as the golden horde
their tents were gold in color
in 1480 what did russia gain
gains indépendance under Ivan II and beings moving east
what is a czar
russian ruler
who was in power in russia in the 1500’s
ivan the terrible
what wars was ivan the terrible apart of
south and east into siberia to gain land from the mongols
poland, lithuania, and sweden (little gained, much lost)
what did ivan order when he was angry
the death of his own son in a for of rage
what year did ivan die in
1584
who does ivan leave the kingdom to and why
a younger, weaker son. did this because he killed the other one when he was mad
what the struggle for power called
time of troubles
what happens during the time of troubles
civil war breaks ou t
who was elected czar by the nobles
michael romanov the grand nephew of Ivan IV
who was ivan’s first wife
anastasia
how did ivan meet his first wife
in a virgin parade; she was proud
who were the monasteries
300 people selected by ivan to fight for him
what did he do to animals
would torture them like it was nothings
what did ivan suffer from
bone disease; his spine would shrink
who was by ivans side for a lot of it
his 15 year old son
what age did ivan die at? how did it happen
- he collapsed while playing chess
what happened when ivan died
he left everything in chaos; the country was weak and confused and afraid, people didn’t know if it was going to survive
what was the oprichniki
secret police of ivan
what did the oprichniki dress in
black
what did the oprichniki ride
black horses
what were the oprichniki used for
to terrify people
how many people were in the oprichniki
300
what did peter the great do
westernized russia
how did he westernize russia
dutch shipbuilding
english tax system
returned with artisans and experts
military designs of france and germany
who did peter defeat in 1709
sweden
what did peter gain access to in 1721
the baltic sea
who did peter fight to gain the black sea
the turks
where did st. peter burg create his new capital
on the baltic sea
what unusual tax did st. peter burg create
a beard tax
what did st. petersburg alienate
Russian orthodox church and nobility in his restructuring
what continued under st. petersburg daughter Elizabeth
reforms, and a german born daughter-in-law Catherine the great
