Chapter 14: Pursuit of Power in Europe Flashcards
Layed the foundation for absolutism in France
Henry IV
Wanted to destroy the Hugenots and weaken the nobility to strenghten the monarchy
Cardinal Rechelieu
The last great religious war fought in Europe
Thirty Years’ War
King of Spain; rescued the Protestants
Gustavus Adolphus
Brought order to the French economy
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
How did monarchs increase their absolute power?
- Increased thier control over finances, religion, and nobility
- Increased the size of their standing army/navy
- Increased the size of their bureaucracy
- Increased the size of their territory
What did the Peace of Westphalia recognize?
- Recognized the independnce of the Protestant provinces of the Netherlands and the Swiss confederacy
- Recognized more than three hundred independant German states and reaffirmed that each prince would determine the religion of he territory
The first important Prussian ruler; called the “Great Elector”
Frederick William
Tripled the size of the Prussian state; known as Frederick “the Great”
Frederick II
Which rulers built Prussia into a first-class European power?
Hohenzollern rulers
Austria rulers who were unable to create a strong absolutist state
Habsburg rulers
Austria ruler who made the government more centralized by weakening local authority
Joseph II
Russain ruler who expanded Russian territory and built the St. Basil’s Cathedral.
Ivan IV “the Terrible”
Term that comes from the word “Caesar”
Czar
Russian family who ruled Russia until it was overthrown in 1917.
Romanov family