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1
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how did the American revolution change

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started as a civil war, turned into an international war

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2
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Who assisted the colonists in the civil war

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France
Spain
Netherlands

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3
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What helped the French bring about the surrender of England

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sea power

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4
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What is Cottage Industry also known as

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The Domestic System

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5
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Deists

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established their own religion with ethics at its core

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the Great Awakening

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a response to the growing formalism of early 18th century American Christianity

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7
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philosophes

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French word for philosophers

seen as detached, mostly dealing with theological issues

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salons

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a gathering where men/women could educate themselves and openly discuss ideas

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9
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Thomas Hobbes

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Leviathan

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10
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what author published a book that marked a transition from the pre-modern to the modern view of the universe

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Copernicus

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11
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Who was the polish astronomer that asserted a heliocentric view

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Copernicus

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12
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who sought to impose a czarist autocracy and curbed the power of the Boyars (nobles)

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Ivan IV “The Terrible”

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13
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How was the Habsburg empire divided and who was it divided by?

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Charles I of Spain/ V of HRE

Austrian Habsburgs- brother received HRE crown

Spanish Habsburgs- Son received most of empire

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14
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Phillip II

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a zeal for Roman Catholicism framed personal conduct/ foreign policies

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15
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Who were Elizabeth 1’s parents?

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Henry VIII

Anne Boleyn

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16
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what did Elizabeth I use to bring religious peace?

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the Elizabethan Settlement

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17
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did Elizabeth I ever marry?

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no

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18
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What was the high point . in Elizabeth’s rule?

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her speech at Tilbury

she presided over the Armada’s fleet

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19
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the Bourban dynasty

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Henry IV
Louis XIII
Louis XIV

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20
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How were the French Wars of Religion ended?

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Henry IV signed the Edict of Nantes

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21
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Why was Spain facing a decline?

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monarchy virtually bankrupt

new world silver flow declining

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22
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Benelux

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Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg

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23
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Fluyt

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narrow deck, wide hull

was a high volume, low maintenance vessel

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24
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why was Netherlands considered a modern republic

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system of govt where elected rep govern for the citizenry who hold power

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25
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Dutch trading empire locations and commodities

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East Indies- Indonesia, spices

West Indies- Caribbean, sugar, tobacco, slaves

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26
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Thirty-Years War

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4 phases fought in Germany

over religious, dynastic, & territorial concerns

Protestant vs. Roman Catholic

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27
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Francis Bacon

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inductive reasoning

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28
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Rene Descartes

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deductive reasoning

29
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who was the architect of French absolutism

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Richelieu

30
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Richelieu’s principle

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Reason of State

31
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Charles I

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dissolved Parliament many times and ruled without it for 11 years

forced loans

32
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what led to the outbreak of the English Civil War?

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Charles I dissolving Parliament and trying to arrest its leaders

33
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what ended the 30 Years War

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Peace of Westphalia

34
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Results of the Peace of Westphalia?

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France replaced Spainmas world power

HRE effectively over

German areas were devastated

35
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What happened to Spain?

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living off its colonies led to economic stagnation & the absence of technological innovation

36
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The Restoration

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Charles II now king

had lived in exile in France

37
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Who was the epitome of absolutism

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Louis XIV

Sun King

38
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Bullionism

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increase precious metals within a country

39
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absolute mistakes of Louis XIV

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taxes rose intolerably

decline in living standards

revocation of the Edict of Nantes

40
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Isaac Newton

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theology was heretical

41
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What book assisted in the acceptance of naturalism as a worldview?

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Principia by Newton

42
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Where did the Enlightenment reach its full expression

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France

started in England

43
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John Locke

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believed that at birth the mind is blank

called tabula rasa

44
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Montesquieu

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critic of royal absolutism

proposed a balanced system of govt

45
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Voltaire

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Father of the Enlightenment

46
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Rousseau

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government is a necessary evil

47
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Adam Smith

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laissez faire

48
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1st demonstration of the balance of power concept

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War of Spanish Succession

49
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Where was the Seven Yeats’ War fought?

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north America
Europe
India

50
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What ended the Seven Years’ War

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Peace of Paris

51
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results of the Peace of Paris

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Prussia gained prestige

France expelled from NA

Britain secured colonies in NA and India

52
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3 estates

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1st: Church
2nd: Nobles
3rd: Commoners

53
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immediate cause of the French Revolution

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practical bankruptcy of the state

54
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other causes of the French Revolution

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poor administration
bad tax system
rich would not pay their fair share
philosophic ideas about the rights of man

55
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Congress of Viena

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settle EU affairs after Napoleon’s defeat

56
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reigning monarchs of the French Revolution

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Louis XVI

Marie Antionette

57
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where did the industrial revolution begin?

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England

58
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ramifications of the industrial revolution

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emergence of the Bourgeoisie & the Proletariat

accelerated urbanization

dangerous factories

59
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Dialectic

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advocated by Hegel

Thesis-Antithesis-Synthesis

60
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Nietzsche

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God is dead

61
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socialism

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system of social & economic organization in which the means of production are owned not by private individuals, but by the community, in order that all may share more fairly in the wealth production

62
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what did the Communist Manifesto call for?

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a working class revolution to overthrow the capitalist system

63
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Simon Bolivar

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Venezuelan patriot/statesman

64
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results of the Taiping rebellion

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Qing Dynasty was weakened

never able to reestablish effective hold over China

65
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daimyo

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Japan’s feudal lords

vassals of the Shogun

66
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Samurai

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warrior retainers of the Daimyo

badge was two swords

67
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Imperialism

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policy of extending the rule/authority of one nation over other countries/lands

68
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How was western domination possible

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superior weapons

stronger economic/political organization

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