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Chapters 17-18 Flashcards

1
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Who said “L’etat, C’est moi”
also called the Sun King

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Louis XIV

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Who ruled during the beginning of Louis XIV’s reign until he was of age

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Mazarin

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Palace filled with mirrors that Louis XIV built for the nobles of France

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Palace of Versailles

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4
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era in which monarchs aspired to have absolute power, believing in their “divine rights” as king

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Age of Absolutism

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5
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Father of New France (1608)

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Samuel de Champlain

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6
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What did Champlain found in 1608?

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Quebec (Canada)

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7
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explored the central Mississippi River

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Jacques Marquette

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8
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Which Treaty ended the War of the League of Augsburg?

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Treaty of Ryswick

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9
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Which treaty ended the War of Spanish Succession?

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Treaty of Utrecht

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10
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“Father of the Enlightenment”

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Voltaire

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11
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Which French philosopher started the idea of romanticism

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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12
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Which French philosopher started the idea of rationalism?

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Voltaire

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13
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Who is the editor of the Encyclopedia?

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Denis Diderot

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14
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Who said, “Apés moi, le deluge”?

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Louis XV

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15
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King during the French Revolution

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Louis XVI

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16
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What were the French social classes called?

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Estates

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17
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The nobility’s attempt to use the Estates-General to take power from the king

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Aristocratic Revolution

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18
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The official representative body for ALL of the French people; began the bourgeoisie revolution

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National Assembly

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19
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The National Assembly’s oath never to stop meeting until a constitution had been established

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Tennis Court Oath

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20
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What was “stormed” on July 14, 1789 in an attempt to overcome the French old regime?

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The Bastille (Storming of the Bastille)

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21
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radical organisation who went to extremes for the Revolution

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Jacobin Club

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22
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slogan for the new regime in France (motto)

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“Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, or Death”

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23
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List the French govts. in order

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  1. Bureaucracy
  2. National/Constituent Assembly
  3. National Convention
  4. Committee of Public Safety
  5. the Directory
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24
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1st written constitution of France

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Constitution of 1791

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Who led the Committee of Public Safety?
Maximilian Robespierre
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What was the mass killing of French nobles under Robespierre's reign called?
Reign of Terror
27
After Robespierre was executed, what military tyrant took over?
Napoleon Bonaparte
28
What govt. did Napoleon form?
the Consulate
29
One of the greatest sea battles in hist. where the British navy defeated a joined French and Spanish fleet
Battle of Trafalgar
30
Considered by some to be the greatest naval hero the world has ever known
Lord Horatio Nelson
31
Greatest victory of Napoleon's career
Battle of Austerlitz
32
What did Napoleon enforce that forbade any European country in his possession from trading with England
Continental System
33
In what battle did the combined forces of Europe defeat the Napoleon?
Battle of Leipzig
34
Where was Napoleon first exiled?
the island of Elba
35
After the Battle of Waterloo, where was Napoleon exiled the second time where he eventually died?
St. Helena
36
Who was the 1st Stuart monarch?
King James I
37
What was the most prominent accomplishment of King James I reign?
KJV Bible
38
Which king came after James I and removed parliament to create an absolute monarchy?
Charles I
39
Who sided with Charles I in the English Civil War?
Cavaliers
40
Which side of the English Civil War consisted of the Parliament and Puritans?
Roundheads
41
After the English Civil War, who ruled England as the Lord Protectorate?
Oliver Cromwell
42
Who was replaced by William III and Mary II in the Glorious Revolution?
James II
43
Who was the last Stuart monarch?
Queen Anne
44
What was significant about Queen Anne's reign?
uniting of the United Kingdom
45
Who started the Pietist movement in Germany?
Philip Spener
46
Who started the Great Awakening in America?
Johnathan Edwards
47
What was Johnathan Edward's most famous sermon?
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
48
Who was the best-known Great Awakening evangelist?
George Whitefield
49
Who started the Wesleyan Revival in England?
John Wesley
50
What church was started by the Wesleys?
Methodists
51
Idea that experience is the only source of knowledge
Empiricism
52
Who started the idea of Empiricism?
John Locke
53
Idea that to know truth is impossible
Skepticism
54
Who started the idea of skepticism?
David Hume
55
abolitionist who began the Reformation of Manners
William Wiberforce
56
Father of the Sunday School Movement
Robert Raikes
57
Who reformed the English prison system?
John Howard
58
Father of Modern Missions
William Carey
59
Father of American Missions
Adoniram Judson
60
Father of Modern Conservatism
Edmund Burke
61
Leading Authority on English Law
Sir William Blackstone
62
Who was the greatest British navigator?
Capt. James Cook
63
Who began the Hanoverian line of kings?
George I
64
Who was the 1st true prime minister of England?
Sir Robert Walpole
65
Under whose reign were all 13 colonies established?
George III
66
Policy which holds that the real measure of a nation's wealth is the amount of gold/silver it possesses
mercantilism
67
What is the most important human statement of political principles in the history of the world?
Declaration of Independence
68
When did the 2nd Continental Congress meet, resulting in the making of the Declaration of Independence?
July 4th, 1776
69
America's 1st (slightly unsuccessful) attempt at a national govt.
Articles of Confederation
70
1st US President
George Washington
71
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