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Netherlands religious characteristics

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The Calvinist Reformed Church = official church, tolerant, safe haven for Jews

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Emergence as Netherlands as a nation

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Revolted against Spain, 1572

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Netherlands governmental system

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Republic

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Reasons for Dutch economic prosperity and decline

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  • High urban consolidation •Transformed agriculture
  • Extensive trade/finance
  • Overseas commercial empire
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William III of Orange

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  • Stadtholder of Holland

* Led European coalition against France

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Characteristics of absolute rule

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  • Divine right of kings

* Not dependent on the representative assemblies of the people

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Reasons for James I foreign policy

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1604; made peace with Spain
1624; Parliament forces him to renew war with Spain
•Wouldn’t aid Protestants in 30 Years War

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The Petition of Right

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1628; Charles asks to levy taxes, makes him sign the petition, Parliament = dissolved

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Consequences of religious policies of Charles I

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1639-1640; Bishops’ War, Parliament is called, short and long parliament

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Facts about the English Civil War

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The Militia ordinance forms Parliamentary army
Cavaliers vs. Roundheads
Gentleman’s warfare
New model army created

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England under Oliver Cromwell

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Leader of Roundheads, New Model Army

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Two most important models of European political organization

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Absolute monarchy

Parliamentary monarchy

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Characteristics and facts about James I, his rule and relationship with parliament

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King of Scotland and England, absolutist, rarely called in parliament, pro-catholic

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Charles I’s extra parliamentary measures

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Renewed taxes, quartered troops in home

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Long Parliament

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1640-1660

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Treaty of Dover

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1670; alliance with France against Netherlands

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The Test Act

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1672; Protestant measure, civil/military officials pledge oath against Transubstantiation- stamp out Catholics

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The Popish Plot

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1678; Titus Oates, Protestant vs. Catholic distrust, lie that James and Charles’ wife will kill Charles

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Declaration of Indulgence of 1687

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Repeal of all religious test acts

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Glorious Revolution

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1688; William and Mary invade their own country

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The Act of Settlement of 1701

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English crown pass to Anne’s closest relative

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The Act of Union of 1707

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Forms UK, Anne Stewart = first monarch

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Robert Walpole

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First prime minister of England, 
Achieved:
Stability and peace
Expanded trade and navy 
Encouraged civil rights
Religious toleration
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Cardinal Richelieu

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Louis XIII chief minister, absolutism, crushed private armies and Protestant buildings, nobles = high status in court

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Louis XIV and nobility

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The Fronde (1649-52)- rebellion led by nobles

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Louis XIV reign

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1643-1715; longest ruling monarch in Europe

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Significance of Versailles

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Symbol of absolutism, 1/2 of treasury, 10,000 lived there

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Louis XIV religious acts

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1685; revocation of the Edict of Nantes

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Symbolism of Louis XIV

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The Sun King

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Religious policies of Louis XIV

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Jansenism, Augustinus, persecution of Protestants

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Characteristics of Jansenists

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Cornelius Jansen, opposition to dominance of Jesuits

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Revocation of the Edict of Nantes

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No schools/churches, ministers sent to exile, indentured servitude, children forced to be baptized
Protestant freedoms revoked

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Finance minister of Louis XIV

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Jean-Baptiste Colbert, mercantile economic system

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Wars during Louis XIV

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1667-68; War of Devolution
1672-79; Franco-Dutch War
1689-97; Nine Years War
1701-14; War if Spanish Succession

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War of Spanish Succession

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1701-14; Philip V (Louis grandson) becomes King,
Grand Alliance- England, Holland, HRE
French lost every major battle

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John Law and economics

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The Mississippi Bubble,

Gold…Bonds…Stock…Paper money

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Dynasties of central and Eastern Europe

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Romanov, Habsburg, Hohenzollern

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After reign of Ivan IV

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Time of Troubles

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Great Northern War

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1700-21; Prussia vs. Sweden, take over Baltic

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St. Petersburg

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Modeled after Versailles

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Reforms of Peter the Great

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Administrative colleges
Table of ranks
Holy synod

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Legacy of Peter the Great

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Expanded Russian territory
Modern army
St. Petersburg
Authority form nobles/military taken away