chapter 14 Flashcards
absolute
divine right
henry IV
cardinal richelieu
30 years’ war
gustavus adolphus
peace of westphalia
louis XIV
jules mazarin
jean-baptiste
versailles
louis XV
frederick william
- “The Great Elector”
- unified his territories under an absolutist government
- most important Prussian ruler
- takes away the power of the estates to regulate taxes (he did this by using his army of 30,000 men)
- increases taxes to support his large army
frederick II
- “The Great”
- one of the greatest military heroes in Prussia
- the greatest soldier of his time
- tripled Prussia’s territory
- strengthened economy
- there were political and social reforms (torture abolished and more religious freedom)
hohenzollern
why couldn’t Habsburg create Austria into an absolute state?
1- the roman catholic church and the nobility
2- they were surrounded by aggressive countries (France and Prussia)
3- they ruled too many nationalities to create a strong and unified government
josheph II
did things against the nobility and the roman catholic church
ivan IV
- “The Terrible”
- the 1st tzar
- expands Russia’s territory
- had the nobility and his son killed
- overtaxed people
- treated people like slaves
czar or tzar
comes from Caesar
romanov
- ended turmoil in Russia by taking the throne
- overthrown by Peter I
peter I
- 1st romanov
- ruled until 1917
- wanted to turn Russia european
- builds a navy
- brings shipbuilders, mathematicians, and engineers from Europe
- outlaws beards and long robes for men
great northern war
- peter (win) VS sweden (lose)
- fought for land along the Baltic Sea
catherine II
- marries peter III (believed that she was the one who killed him)
- sent religious peasants to Siberia (gulag)
- supported education
- made church property into government property which weakens the russian orthodox church
- also wanted russia to go european
- expands russia at the expense of Poles and Turks
james I
charles I
petition of rights
roundheads
cavaliers
oliver cromwell
protectorate
charles II
restoration
habeas corpus act
james II
glorious revolution
william and mary
- williamsburg was named after him
- The College of William and Mary was founded in 1693 under the issue of king william III
bill of rights
act of settlement
cabinet government
grand alliance
treaty of utrecht
pragmatic sanction
maria theresa
treaty of aix-la-chapelle
diplomatic revolution
7 years’ war
william pitt
- pittsburgh is named after him
treaty of paris
essay questions
1- how did divine right theory support absolutism?
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