Chap 17 Flashcards
Who was the epitome of an absolute ruler?
Louis XIV
Who reigned in France for 70 years
Louis XIV
Who was the “Sun King” that said, “L’etat, c’est moi” (I am the state)
Louis XIV
Means “government by men who sit at desks”
Bureaucracy
Ruled for Louis XIV until he was older.
Cardinal Mazarin
What Palace did Louis XIV build to keep the aristocracy busy?
Palace of Versailles
Expect unconditional obedience to their authority
Authoritarian kings
Rule every aspect of people’s lives
Totalitarian
Louis’s minister of France
Jean Baptiste Colbert
“Father of New France” Founder of Quebec
Samuel de Champlain
1st permanent French colony
Quebec
Two explorers who explored “New France”
Jean Marquette and Louis Joliet
Sailed down the Mississippi River and claimed the land
Robert Cavalier de la Salle
What war was when the League of Augsburg fought France?
War of the League of Augsburg
Treaty that ended the War of the league of Augsburg
Treaty of Ruswick
Most costly war over the throne of Sapin
War of the Spanish Succession
Treaty that ended the War of the Spanish Succession
Treaty of Utrecht
The most notable victory against the French
Battle of Blenheim
“Father of the Enlightment” elevated rationalism
Voltaire
The belief that man’s reason is sole criterion for truth
Rationalism
“Father of French Romanticism”
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Editor of the Encyclopedia
Denis Diderot
The official representative body of France
The National Assembly
The French Version of Parliment
The Estates-General
