The Rise Of Sovereignty In France

Question 1

Who was the chief minister of Louis XIII (13)?

Answer 1

Cardinal Richelieu

Question 2

With who does absolutism begin in France?

Answer 2

With Henry IV

Question 3

Who was the chief minister of Louis XIV (the King)?

Answer 3

Cardinal Mazarin

Question 4

What is one essential thing that must happen in order for absolutism to occur without issues?

Answer 4

Nobles power & privileges must be taken away bc they’re a threat to the king

Question 5

What was the parlements?

Answer 5

The supreme courts of law in Ancien Regime France

Question 6

Cardinal Richelieu was an __________?

Answer 6

Absolutist

Question 7

Describe what Cardinal Richelieu did

Answer 7

Attacked the parlements; Divided France into 30 administrative districts with each under an intendant; Banned dueling for nobility
Wanted unity - Raison d’état
Hated the Habsburg; Propaganda
^ taxes

Question 8

What was an intendant? Who created them?

Answer 8

They were royal civil servants created by Henry IV
“Eyes & ears of the king”
Spy network to watch nobles
Made sure royal offices weren’t abusing their power

Question 9

Who was the advisor of Henry IV?

Answer 9

Duke of sully

Question 10

What were some principles under the duke of sully?

Answer 10

Infrastructure: built roads and canals to ^ trade flow
Corvee: labor tax;
Established monopolies on salt and mining

Question 11

What was the corvee?

Answer 11

A labor tax
Tax was payed off with work
Helped get a lot of ppl to work on infrastructure
Helped decrease unemployment

Question 12

What was an issue Cardinal Richelieu faced that prevented the unity of France?

Answer 12

State w/in a state issue (Catholics & Huguenots both in France)

Question 13

How did Richelieu resolve the issue that prevented him from achieving unity in France?

Answer 13

The Huguenot garrison was replaced with royal garrisons

Dissolved the Huguenot court

Question 14

What were some taxes implemented by Richelieu? How did people feel about it?

Answer 14

Gabelle- salt tax
Taille- tax on everyone
Nobody liked it

Question 15

What makes Cardinal Richelieu a politique?

Answer 15

The Raison d’état (the reason of the state)

Question 16

What was “Raison d’état”?

Answer 16

It was inoinevro

Question 17

What is a politique?

Answer 17

Irk CRHS

Question 18

After Louis XIII died who came next?

Answer 18

Louis XIV at age 5

Question 19

Describe Cardinal Mazarin

Answer 19

Took Richelieu’s ideas and intensified it
Replaced parlements with state officers
Inherited strong Econ but a lot of discontent bc ^ taxes

Question 20

What was The Fronde from 1649-1652?

Answer 20

It was a rebellion of townspeople and nobles against the King Louis XIV
—-> Mazarin and Louis XIV forced to go into exhile

Question 21

What happened as a result of Louis XIV leaving France?

Answer 21

There was anarchy going on in France

Question 22

What happened 3 years after the Fronde?

Answer 22

Ppl of France were like eyoooo Louis XIV we wantcha back plssss come & restore order there’s anarchy Helpppp

Question 23

When Louis XIV returns as king of France after the Fronde what does he do that helps him become such an absolute ruler?

Answer 23

Louis XIV gives the nobles more privileges so that they’re too focused on the privileges and don’t realize that he’s the absolute ruler

Question 24

What were some obstacles that Louis XIV faced when he returned?

Answer 24

1) Provincialism: you can’t have absolutism with decentralization

Question 25

Once Versailles was built what was one issue parlements faced under Louis XIV?

Answer 25

They either stayed and lived with the king at Versailles
OR
They stayed as a parlement and get everything taken away

Question 26

What was the domestication of the nobility?

Answer 26

The closer nobles were to the king the more prestigious your family was
(Wiped kings butt and changed his clothes)

Question 27

Who said “L’etat, c’est moi”? What does it mean?

Answer 27

Louis XIV; I AM the state

Asserting that he was the absolute monarch and he had total control.

Question 28

What makes France have a strong economy under Louis XIV?

Answer 28

Mercantilism

Question 29

Why was mercantilism good for the economy under Louis XIV?

Answer 29

It meant heavy govt control of economy bc
increase exports
decrease imports (by increasing tariffs)

Question 30

Who was Jean Baptiste Colbert?

Answer 30

Synthesizer of mercantilism; took ideas from capitalism and added his own ideas

Question 31

What were some economic policies brought forth from Jean Baptiste Colbert?

Answer 31

• 5 Great Farms
• increased the taille
• established the French east India company
• had manufacturing codes

Question 32

What was the Declaration of Gallican Liberties?

Answer 32

Basically saying that monarch has power over who to choose will rule the church

Question 33

What happened after Henry IV converted to Catholicism?

Answer 33

Jesuits flooded France

Question 34

What is Jansenism?

Answer 34

Catholics that believe in predestination not free will

Question 35

What was the Edict of Fontainebleau(1685)? What did it do?

Answer 35

It revoked the edict of Nantes which meant that it took away Huguenots rights
Either Huguenots leave or become a galley slave

Question 36

What building is an example of Baroque art?

Hint: build by Louis XIV

Answer 36

Versailles

Question 37

Who was the Secretary of State for war under Louis XIV?

Answer 37

Marquis de Louvois

Question 38

Who was Sebestien Vauban?

Answer 38

A military engineer under Louis XIV who perfected siege tactics

Question 39

What were some things that Marquis de Louvois did that helped improve the French army?

Answer 39

Implemented real salary for military
Imposed heavy discipline
To be enlisted for the French army you had to be single and serve 4 yrs

Question 40

What was the Peace of Utrecht?

Answer 40

Basically settled the issue of Louis XIV wanting to rule both Spain and France in which Louis was only allowed to rule one or other and Louis stayed with France