France Flashcards
What are absolute monarchs?
Rulers who believed that all power within their state’s boundaries rested in their hands
Besides the kings of the above countries, please name another absolute monarch that you previously learned about in history.
Julius Caesar
Name 3 things AM controlled in their countries
Military
Religion
Foreign Relationships
What is a Huguenot?
A French Protestant
What was the Edict of Toleration?
Allowed Huguenots to live and practice Protestantism, but as long as they were private about it.
What was the Edict of Nantes?
Why was this enacted and by whom?
Allowed the Huguenots to practice their religion in public
This was enacted by King Henry IV because he himself was a Huguenot (later converted to Catholicism)
Louis XIII was advised by whom?
What goals did this advisor have for France?
Cardinal Richelieu
Get rid of Huguenots and make France the strongest power in the world
Louis XIV was advised by whom as a child?
Cardinal Mazarin
Why did Louis XIV hate the French nobles?
The nobles rebelled when he was a young child, so he holds resentment to them later in life
Who is Jean Baptiste Colbert?
Explain what theory he believed would strengthen France.
A man from the middle class
He wanted France to embrace Mercantilism. This meant that France would import nothing, export everything, and become self-sufficient.
What is Versailles
Louis XIV’s palace
How was Versailles used to strengthen France?
All of the nobles lived with the king so he was ab;e to watch over them. Also, it kind of acted like a fortress.
