Chapter 14

Question 1

Who said “I am the state”?

Answer 1

Louis XIV

Question 2

Who is known as the sun king?

Answer 2

Louis XIV

Question 3

How was the royal authority expanded?

Answer 3

✾increased control over national finances
✾increased size of military
✾increased size of government bureaucracy
✾increased notional holding (land)

Question 4

What is “divine right”?

Answer 4

God-established authority

Question 5

Did the French King want to lessen the power he had?

Answer 5

No, he wanted absolute power

Question 6

Who reduced privileges of nobility?

Answer 6

Henry IV

Question 7

Who increased government control of finances?

Answer 7

Henry IV

Question 8

Who was Louis XIII’s advisor (he made him prime minister?

Answer 8

Cardinal Richelieu

Question 9

Who strengthened the king’s power?

Answer 9

Richelieu

Question 10

Who planned to destroy the Huguenots?

Answer 10

Richelieu

Question 11

Who planned to weaken the great nebles?

Answer 11

Richelieu

Question 12

Who planned to enter the Thirty Year’s War?

Answer 12

Richelieu

Question 13

What were the 3 phases of the Thirty Year’s War?

Answer 13

1) Protestant
2) Catholic
3) International

Question 14

How did the Thirty Year’s War end?

Answer 14

❂Protestant French Victory

❂ended by Peace of Westphalia

Question 15

What was the Peace of Westphalia?

Answer 15

❍recognized independence of protestant Netherlands and Switzerland
❍ Germany=more fragmented
❍ France=strongest country in Europe

Question 16

Who was Louis XIV’s adviser?

Answer 16

Jules Mazarin

Question 17

What were the Frandes?

Answer 17

riots/plots against the king

Question 18

Brandenburg-Prussia was centered on the city of _____.

Answer 18

Berlin

Question 19

What family ruled Brandenburg-Prussia?

Answer 19

Hohenzollern

Question 20

What were the Prussian Assets?

Answer 20

❒ Poor Soil
❒ Few economic resources
❒ Scattered territories
❒ No natural boundaries
❒ Energetic and capable rulers

Question 21

What were an elector’s actions?

Answer 21

• built large standing army
• established efficient bureaucracy
• gained cooperation of nobility

Question 22

Who was the Prussian Elector who forged Prussia into a unified state?

Answer 22

Frederick William, the Great Elector

Question 23

Who beautified Berlin?

Answer 23

Frederick I

Question 24

_____ had one of the larges armies in Europe.

Answer 24

Frederick William I

Question 25

What were Austria's Obstacles to Absolutism?

Answer 25

+Roman Catholic Church and independent nobles | +greedy surrounding nations

Question 26

Who adopted the title Czar?

Answer 26

Ivan IV, "the Terrible"

Question 27

Who started the greatest Russian dynasty?

Answer 27

Romanov

Question 28

James I had problems with _____?

Answer 28

>the Puritans >finances >Parliament

Question 29

What were Charles I's problems?

Question 30

State some things dealing with the Petition of Right.

Answer 30

Presented Parliament rights: no taxes without its consent no arbitrary imprisonment (can't imprison for no solid reason no martial law during peace times no quartering of troops, uncompensated

Question 31

What were the New Parliamentary Powers?

Answer 31

^meet every three years ^not dissolve without its consent ^no legal taxes unless Parliament-passed ^abolished royal courts

Question 32

The Parliamentary Forces was supported by _____.

Answer 32

Puritans, lesser gentry, and merchants

Question 33

What were the Parliamentary Forces called?

Answer 33

Roundheads

Question 34

Who was the Roundhead's leader?

Answer 34

Cromwell

Question 35

The Royal Forces was supported by _____.

Answer 35

most of nobility

Question 36

What were the Royal Forces called?

Answer 36

Cavaliers

Question 37

Who ruled in the Commonwealth period?

Answer 37

Parliament

Question 38

What king returned to reign when he was 13 years old?

Answer 38

Charles II

Question 39

What placed the Stuart monarchy back on the throne and made parliament more powerful?

Answer 39

The Restoration

Question 40

Was James II a devoted Atheist?

Answer 40

No, he was a devoted Roman Catholic

Question 41

The Glorious Revolution is also known as _____.

Answer 41

The "Bloodless Revolution"

Question 42

What King didn't speak English?

Answer 42

George I

Question 43

Who developed the cabinet government?

Answer 43

George II

Question 44

What is balance of power?

Answer 44

preserve power by boundaries in Europe by alliances

Question 45

What was the reason for the War of Austrian Succession?

Answer 45

to gain territory from Austria

Question 46

What completely ended the Seven Year's War?

Answer 46

Treaty of Paris

Question 47

What were the terms of the Treaty of Paris?

Answer 47

♧France lost Canada and east of the Mississippi River to Britain ♧France lost all Indian holdings to Britain ♧Spain lost Florida to Britain but gained New Orleans and Louisiana from France