Chapter 5

Question 1

Spain from 1648-1740

Answer 1

• no exports or manufacturing
• resources of empire depleted
• empire too big and fragmented to be ruled successfully
• poor leadership from Hapsburg and bourbon kings
• noble class not interested in government
• 30 years war (a lot of spending)

Question 2

Poland from 1648-1740

Answer 2

• the parliament is horrible (liberium veto)
• surrounded by powerful states with no protection
• old fashioned agricultural system
• mostly poor
• gobbled up by neighbors in partitions
• the aristocrats had a lot of political influence because they elected the king and the diet was unanimous (liberium veto)

Question 3

liberum veto

Answer 3

• parliament in Poland from 1648-1740
• kings were to share power with parliament
• but the parliament just took control
• they would have to stop it if one person said no

Question 4

Sweden from 1648-1740

Answer 4

• empire too far flung
• weak economy can’t sustain high army
• nobility and monarchy in conflict
• recklessness of Charles XII (defeated by peter the great)

Question 5

Holland from 1648-1740

Answer 5

• religious divisions
• regional identities very strong
• stagnation of industries
• London replacing Amsterdam as economic center
• damaged after conflict with England and France
• weak leaders after William the silent
• British outstrip naval technology and trade competition

Question 6

HRE from 1648-1740

Answer 6

• Hapsburg focus on Austrian territories
• war of Austrian succession
• divided into mini states
• economy devastated after 30 years war
• divided religiously and

Question 7

war of Austrian succession

Answer 7

• pragmatic sanction

- Frederick the great (Prussia) seizes Silesia

Question 8

Austria from 1648-1740

Answer 8

• Charles VI made pragmatic sanction
• war of Spanish succession (belgium)
• Hungary regained
• mostly roman catholic
• protestants removed

Question 9

Robert walpole

Answer 9

first prime minister of Britain (1721-1742)

Question 10

Prussia from 1648-1740

Answer 10

• Hohenzollern
• welcomed Huguenots
• tolerant in religion
• going pretty great
• elector of brandenburg was recognized as king of prussia at war of spanish succession
• Frederick the great, Fredrick I, Frederick William, Frederick II the great

Question 11

Britain from 1648-1740

Answer 11

-after bill of rights (self explanatory)

Question 12

Russian from 1648-1740

Answer 12

-peter the great
-Elizabeth
-Catherine the great
-peasant uprisings
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Question 13

peter the great

Answer 13

• great northern war (took Baltic territories from Sweden, pushed south to black sea) (got a port)
• westernized
• tight control over church
• controlled nobility
• built economy

Question 14

Frederick William the great elector

Answer 14

• Prussia
• created a big army to protect Hohenzollern territories
• demanded loyalty of junkers

Question 15

Frederick William I

Answer 15

-built a powerful army

Question 16

boyars

Answer 16

Russian nobility

Question 17

ottoman empire from 1648-1740

Answer 17

• conservatism
• bordered aggressive Russia and Austria
• conquests in central Europe (Vienna) (defeated by poles and Germans)