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1
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Who said “I am the state”?

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Louis XIV

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2
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Who is known as the sun king?

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Louis XIV

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3
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How was the royal authority expanded?

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

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4
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What is “divine right”?

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God-established authority

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5
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Did the French King want to lessen the power he had?

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No, he wanted absolute power

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6
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Who reduced privileges of nobility?

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Henry IV

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7
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Who increased government control of finances?

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Henry IV

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8
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Who was Louis XIII’s advisor (he made him prime minister?

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Cardinal Richelieu

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9
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Who strengthened the king’s power?

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Richelieu

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10
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Who planned to destroy the Huguenots?

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Richelieu

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11
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Who planned to weaken the great nebles?

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Richelieu

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12
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Who planned to enter the Thirty Year’s War?

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Richelieu

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13
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What were the 3 phases of the Thirty Year’s War?

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1) Protestant
2) Catholic
3) International

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14
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How did the Thirty Year’s War end?

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❂Protestant French Victory

❂ended by Peace of Westphalia

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15
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What was the Peace of Westphalia?

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

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16
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Who was Louis XIV’s adviser?

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Jules Mazarin

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17
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What were the Frandes?

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riots/plots against the king

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18
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Brandenburg-Prussia was centered on the city of _____.

A

Berlin

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19
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What family ruled Brandenburg-Prussia?

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Hohenzollern

20
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What were the Prussian Assets?

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❒ Poor Soil
❒ Few economic resources
❒ Scattered territories
❒ No natural boundaries
❒ Energetic and capable rulers
21
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What were an elector’s actions?

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  • built large standing army
  • established efficient bureaucracy
  • gained cooperation of nobility
22
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Who was the Prussian Elector who forged Prussia into a unified state?

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Frederick William, the Great Elector

23
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Who beautified Berlin?

A

Frederick I

24
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_____ had one of the larges armies in Europe.

A

Frederick William I

25
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What were Austria’s Obstacles to Absolutism?

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+Roman Catholic Church and independent nobles

+greedy surrounding nations

26
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Who adopted the title Czar?

A

Ivan IV, “the Terrible”

27
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Who started the greatest Russian dynasty?

A

Romanov

28
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James I had problems with _____?

A

> the Puritans
finances
Parliament

29
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What were Charles I’s problems?

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<authority struggle with Parliament

30
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State some things dealing with the Petition of Right.

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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

31
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What were the New Parliamentary Powers?

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

32
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The Parliamentary Forces was supported by _____.

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Puritans, lesser gentry, and merchants

33
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What were the Parliamentary Forces called?

A

Roundheads

34
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Who was the Roundhead’s leader?

A

Cromwell

35
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The Royal Forces was supported by _____.

A

most of nobility

36
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What were the Royal Forces called?

A

Cavaliers

37
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Who ruled in the Commonwealth period?

A

Parliament

38
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What king returned to reign when he was 13 years old?

A

Charles II

39
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What placed the Stuart monarchy back on the throne and made parliament more powerful?

A

The Restoration

40
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Was James II a devoted Atheist?

A

No, he was a devoted Roman Catholic

41
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The Glorious Revolution is also known as _____.

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The “Bloodless Revolution”

42
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What King didn’t speak English?

A

George I

43
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Who developed the cabinet government?

A

George II

44
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What is balance of power?

A

preserve power by boundaries in Europe by alliances

45
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What was the reason for the War of Austrian Succession?

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to gain territory from Austria

46
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What completely ended the Seven Year’s War?

A

Treaty of Paris

47
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What were the terms of the Treaty of Paris?

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♧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

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