Chapter 16

Question 1

an ardent beliver in the divine right of kings, system of absolute monarchy

Answer 1

Louis XIV

Question 2

A series of revolts between 1648-1653 known as the fronde. the conflict began

Answer 2

1648 when cardinal mazarin levied a tax on judical officers when they refused to pay and demanded the right to approve new taxes, he had the leaders arrested.

Question 3

Fronde’s goal was

Answer 3

to protect their ancient libierites from royal encroachment. not to overthrow the king

Question 4

results of the fronde

Answer 4

louis centriziled the army under his direct control

Question 5

the gardens reflected the spirit of louis XIVs rule, their geometrical arrangement and clear lines showed

Answer 5

that art and design could tame nature; that order and control defined the exercise of power

Question 6

absoultism

Answer 6

a system of government which the ruler claims sole and uncontestable power

Question 7

Louis will achive absoultism by making everyone depednant upon him, using a system policy of

Answer 7

bestowing pensions, offices, honors (titles of nobility), gifts, the threat of disfavor or punishment

Question 8

nobility of the sword

Answer 8

family members, princes, old military based nobility

Question 9

intendants

Answer 9

holders of a public adminstrative office

Question 10

intendants performed 3 main functions

Answer 10

collection of taxes
financing of public offices
provisioning of the army

Question 11

mercantilism

Answer 11

governments must intervene to increase national wealth by whatever means possible

Question 12

parliments most indepensibke power

Answer 12

ability to raise tax revenure far in excess of all other sources of revenue at the crowns disposale

Question 13

becuase england had no single consitional document ….regulated relations between the king and parliment

Answer 13

a variety of laws, judical decisons, charters, petictions, and customary procedures

Question 14

the scots riot and then invade england

Answer 14

archbishop of canterbury issued the book of common prayer to enforce uniform rules of worship in england, scotland, and wales

Question 15

the long parliment passed 3 laws in order to place limits on the kings absoultue monarchila rule

Answer 15

Parliemnt should convenne once every 3 years
Made it illegal for the king to impose tax without parlimentary consent
Parliment passed a law forbidding the king to dissolve it without its consent

Question 16

fiught for parliment

Answer 16

round heads

Question 17

louis XIV will embark on a series of wars that will earn him the nickname

Answer 17

the chrisitan turk

Question 18

the war of spanish succesion:

Answer 18

charles II, king of spain died, leaving no male heir. attempted to unify the french and the spanish crown, and controlled a vast empire

Question 19

frederick william of honezavern, unlike louis he recognized

Answer 19

noble dominance over the land in exchange for state service

Question 20

the contribution to absolutism in his realm was the

Answer 20

quadrupling of his army

Question 21

faught for the king

Answer 21

cavaliers

Question 22

levellers

Answer 22

wanted to level social differences and extend political participation to all male property owners

Question 23

charles I was found guilty

Answer 23

of attempts to establish an unlimited and tyranny power

Question 24

the cromwellian rump parliament then abolished the monarchy and the house of lords and set up a puritan republic known as the

Answer 24

commonwealth of england

Question 25

parliament passed the test act 1673

Answer 25

requiring all government officials to profess allegiance to the church of england

Question 26

_______ supported a strong hereditary monarchy and the church of england

Answer 26

tories

Question 27

_____ advocated parliamentary supremacy and toleration of protestant dissenters

Answer 27

whigs

Question 28

glorious revoultion

Answer 28

power had shifted without spilled blood

Question 29

leviathan, in the book, hobbes argued in favor of

Answer 29

absoultism

Question 30

according to hobbes, the fundamental attribution of humans

Answer 30

desire
the will to survive
esteem and recongiation

Question 31

giving up _______________________ collective security

Answer 31

personal liberty

Question 32

john locke, governments only purpose was to

Answer 32

protect life liberty and property

Question 33

assembly of the land

Answer 33

a protestant parliament institution that was summoned irregularly that consisted of noble delegates and religious leaders from the provinces

Question 34

code of 1649, the price for this?

Answer 34

the nobles owed absolute obedience to the tsar and were required to serve in the army