chapter 17-18 for test Flashcards
who was called the sun king?
Louis the 14th
Who said I am the state
Louis the 14th
Who ruled in the beginning for Louis the 14th?
Cardinal Mazarin
Who is the minister of finance?
Jean Baptiste Colbert
Who is the founder Of Quebec known as the father of new France
Samuel de Champlain
What war was in 1688 that was France versus the English
collation
War of the league of augsburg
what ended the war of the league of Augsburg
Treaty of Ryswick
What war was in 1700 that was France and Spain versus Europe
war of the Spanish succession
what ended the war of the Spanish succession?
treaty of utrecht
main government by men who sit at desks (est by louis XIV)
Bureaucracy
place built for the nobility and other government officials by Louis the 14th that had the hall of mirrors etc
palace of versailles
The 17th and 18th century, when the monarchs reached their height of Power. (they aspired to have ultimate power)
age of absolutism
Who explored the Mississippi river in 1673
Jacquees Marquette, and Louis Joliet
claimed the Mississippi Valley for France and named it, Louisiana in honor of King louis
Robert Cavalier de la Salle
Who is known as the father of enlighten?
Voltaire
says man’s reason is the soul criterion for truth
Rationalism
This was created by Voltaire
created romanticism
rousseau
Exalted man’s emotion and imagination as the basis for truth
romanticism
editor of the encyclopedia
Dennis Diderot
said after me the deluge
Louis the 15th
ruler during the French Revolution
Louis the 16th
The French social classes
Estates
first estate
Clergy
Second estate
Nobility