Absolutism Test Flashcards
1
Q
What is Constitutionalism and what countries had it?
A
- Balance between monarchy and public
- England and Dutch Republic
2
Q
What is Divine Right?
A
God put the king in charge, he likes the king more than the other people, so if you disobey the king, you’re disobeying god.
3
Q
Peter and Louis and their cities and palaces
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Peter: St. Petersburg is where his palace is located
Louis: Versailles is where he built the Palace of Versailles
4
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Characteristics of Louis XIV.
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- From France
- Sun Kings
- Modernizes France
- Went to Versailles and decided to build a house to intimidate/entertain people
- says “I am the state” and “Keep you friends close, and your enemies closer”
- Palace makes France go into debt
- Hired people to pose as statues in body armor
5
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Characteristics of Peter the Great
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- King of Russia
- Obsessed with westernization (makes Russia part of Europe, Changes in dress, culture, eating habits, Is going to visit Louis)
- After his grand tour, he decided to make Russia part of Europe
- Modernizing Russia (Built roads and bridges, Gave women rights, Started building hospitals and schools, Got money from taxing people
- Created St. Petersburg (project of window of the west, warm water port, swampy land makes them bring in sand to stop it from sinking, drives the rich people our of the city
- reforms (Beard tax, Have to wear tights now, Tax for using chimney, Coal tax
6
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Characteristics of Frederick the Great
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- Unlike his father, soften laws and encouraged religious tolerations
- Very well educated and traveled a lot
- Practiced Catholicism and Lutheranism while Calvinism was seeping in
7
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Characteristics of Phillip II
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- Strong believer of divine right
- Believes that god gave him the power to rule
3.His main goal was to make sure that none of the new protestant religions enter Spain
- Jesuits were created in Spain
- Jesuits and Phillip were friends
