history Flashcards

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“The Sun King”

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Louis XIV

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appointed government officials

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bureaucrats

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3
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government by men who sit at desks

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bureaucracy

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palace used to entertain and “distract” the nobles

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Palace of Versailles

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5
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17th and 19th century monarchial pursuit of unlimited power

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“Age of ABsolutism

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6
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minister of finance that mobilized French economics and trade

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Jean Baptiste Colbert

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7
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founded Quebec in 1608

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Samuel de Champlain

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explored the MS River in 1682 and claimed it for France

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Robert C. De la Salle

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9
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ended the War of the Spanish Succession

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Treaty of Utrecht

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10
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a time where philosophy changed the thinking of France

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Age of Enlightenment

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11
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“Father of the Enlightenment”

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Voltaire

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“Father of French Romanticism” (Man is basically good but society is bad) “noble savage”

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Rousseau

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13
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“After me the Deluge

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Louis XV

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14
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French King at the beginning of the French Revolution

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Louis XVI

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15
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a vow to meet until a Constitution was written

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The Tennis Court Oath

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16
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storming of the Bastille

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July 14, 1789

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The National Assembly ended French Feudalism and adopted the slogan “Liber, Equality, Fraternity, or Death”

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August 4 decrees

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18
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Frances 1st Constitution created by the Constituent Assembly

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Constitution of 1791

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19
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The Constitutional was replaced by this in 1792

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National Convention

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20
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When Robespierre was executed

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1794

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21
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rejected Scripture and viewed God as an impersonal Being revealed only in nature that must be sought through men’s reason

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deism

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22
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Replaced the Committee of Public Safety

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The Directory

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23
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Napoleon overthrew France’s government and established the Consulate

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1799

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24
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an election in which the people express their will

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Plebiscite

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formal agreement with the pope that made peace with the Catholic Church
Concordat
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Napoleon crowned himself emperor of the French
1805
27
Sold the Louisiana Territory
1803
28
Napoleon ordered that any national allied with France was not allowed to trade with England
Continental System
28
Napoleons greatest victory
Battle of Austerlitz
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withdrew Russia from the Continental system in 1812
Czar Alexander I
29
Europe defeated Napoleons broken army
Battle of Leipzig
29
King after Queen Elizabeth
James I
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Napoleons final defeat
Battle of Waterloo
30
England colonized Jamestown, VA
1607
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restored the monarchy in England
Charles II
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secret agreement b/w Charles II and Louis XIV to make England Catholic
Treaty of Dover
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leaders of Parliament who opposed Charles II
Whigs
34
overthrew James II and became the protestant King and Queen of England
WIlliam III and Mary II
35
permanently established English traditional political liberties
English Bill of Rights
36
the "Glorious Revolution" or the "Bloodless Revolution
1688
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last Stuart monarch in England
Queen Anne
38
Great Britain was formed
1707
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wrote Paradise Lost (England's greatest epic
John Milton
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wrote Pilgrims Progress (England's greatest allegory
John Bunyan
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wrote about the mind, soul, and eternity to express spiritual truth
Metaphysical poets
42
lyrical poems about love and the pleasures of this world
Cavalier Poets
43
started the Pietist movement
Philip Spener
44
German Baptists
the brethren
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leader of the moravians
Count Nicholas von Zinzendorf
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headquarters for Moravians missions
Herrnhut
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best known evangelist of the Great Awakening
George Whitfield
48
brought the Great Awakening to England
John Wesley
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experience is the only source of knowledge
Empiricism (John Locke)
50
to know truth is impossible and knowledge is uncertain
Skepticism (David Hume)
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brother of John Wesley known for hymn writing
Charles Wesley
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led the movement in England to end slavery
WIlliam Wilberforce
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founded the 1st Sunday School (“Father of the Sunday School Movement”) and started popular education in England
Robert Raikes
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bettered the conditions of the prison system in England
John Howard
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“Father of Modern Missions” (1792)
WIlliam Carey
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“Father of Modern Conservatism”
Edmund Burke
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leading authority in British law; Commentaires on the Laws of England
Sir William Blackstone
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greatest literary figure of the 18th century
Samuel Johnson
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charted the islands of New Zealand, New Guinea, Australia, and the Hawaiian Islands
Captain James Cook
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began the Hanoverian Line of English Kings
George I
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1st true Prime Minister of Britain
Sir Robert Walpole
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The Industrial Revolution began under him
George II
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Prime Minister of England who drove the French out of North America
WIlliam Pitt the Elder
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worked to increase the power of the king of England over the colonies
George III
65
the real measure of a nation’s wealth is the amount of gold or silver it possessed; colonies existed for the good of the mother country
mercantilism
66
America’s 1st attempt at a national government
Articles of Confederation