Chapter 17 Flashcards
1
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“The Sun King”
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- Louis XIV
2
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Mid-1600s France was what kind of Government?
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- Absolute Monarchy
3
Q
Define Absolutism
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- Ruler claims sole and incontestable power
- Competed with Constitutionalism
4
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Define Constitutionalism
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- The ruler shares power with an elected parlement of nobles
5
Q
What is “L’ete, c’est mai” and who said it?
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- “I am the state”
- Louis XIV
6
Q
Define “Fronde”
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- Series of revolts in France during the reign of Louis XIV
- Comes from the word for a child’s slingshot, which called the rebels childish
7
Q
Define Bureaucracy
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- A network of state officials carrying out their duty according to a regular and routine line of authority
8
Q
Define Mercantilism
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- Governments must intervene to increase national wealth by whatever means
9
Q
Mid 1600s Brandenburg-Prussia was what kind of government?
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- Militaristic Absolutism
10
Q
Who was called “The Great Elector”?
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- Frederick William of Hohenzellem
- Calvinist Ruler
11
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Define Junkers
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- Nobles in Brandenburg-Prussia
12
Q
Mid-1600s Russia was what kind of government?
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- Bureaucratic Absolutism
13
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What was the Code of 1649?
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- Tsar Alexei I tried to impose new taxes
- Riots broke out
- Caused meeting of the Assembly of the Land
14
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What was the Assembly of the Land?
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- First met in 1649
- Created a new code of law in Russia that would remain in place for 200 years
- Serfs became property
15
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Who was Stenka Razin?
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- Cossak from Russia after the Assembly of the Land
- Led a rebellion of serfs in 1677
