chapter 15 Flashcards
1
Q
peace of westphalia
A
makes calvinism ok
2
Q
absolutism
A
a ruler has ultimate power
3
Q
devine right monarchy
A
kings and queens are given their power from god
4
Q
best example of absolutism
A
france, louis xiv
5
Q
intendants
A
local governors
6
Q
the fronde
A
noble revolt
7
Q
cardinal for each louis
A
xiii richeliue xiv mazarin (second)
8
Q
why was france in debt
A
30 years war
9
Q
edict of fontainebleau
A
revoked edict of Nantes, can’t be hugeounot
10
Q
merchantalism
A
hoard gold, tariffs, more export less import
11
Q
jean baptist colbert
A
lois xiv chief financial advisor
12
Q
powerful after fall of hre
A
austria and prussia
13
Q
first to take title of tsar (cesar)
A
ivan iv the terrible
14
Q
st. petersburg
A
window to the west
15
Q
gentry
A
wealthy landowners below nobility
