Topic 3: 3.1 and 3.2 Test Flashcards
Absolute Monarchies
The chief characteristic of this political system that a ruler has complete authority over the government and the lives of people
depopulation
the Thirty Years led to a severe population meaning reduction in population.
Catholic majority and Protestant (Huguenot) minority fostered what?
fostered wars of religion
who issued the Edict of Nante and what is it?
Henry VI and it granted religious toleration to Huguenots
what did Louis XIII’s chief minister Cardinal Richelieu do
how?
weakened and destroy the power of the nobles and Huguenots, expanding the power of the monarchy. They did this by destroying armies and attack cities and by making them feel like nothing than promoting them to keep them close
how did Louis XIV expand his power?
building a strong army and waging several wars
what did Louis build and what was it a symbol of
Versailles—a symbol of his power and wealth
Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes resulting in…
the exodus of over 100,000 Huguenots, which damaged the French economy
What were the results of the Thirty Years’ War?
depopulation, burning of villages and left the German lands in 360 separate states “each of every day of the year”
How did European nations try to maintain a balance of power?
by forming alliances and switching partners
divine right
there rule came directly from God
What steps did Peter the Great take to modernize Russia?
importing western technology, simplifying alphabet, set up academies for math, science and engineering, improved water ways and canals, developed mining, and new trading companies. He worked to build Russia’s military power by building a world-class navy from scratch. Building thing and enforced things based on what he had learned from the western lands.
what was the consequences of the Edict of Nante
humans fled to France and settled in other lands; hurt the economy, labor shortage, less tax money
westernization
the adoption of wester ideas, techno and culture.
who is French quote by and what is it
I am the state (shows absolutism)
how did Henry westernize Russia
When Peter returned to Russia he brought a group of technical experts, teachers and soldiers. He embarked on the adoption of western ideas, technology, and culture. He forced boyars to shave their traditional beards and wear Western-style clothes, held grand parties at which men and women were expected to dance together, he forced the boyars to serve the state in civilian or military jobs.
What was Prince Henry’s goal?
to find the warm water port to increase Russia’s ability to trade with the West.
Peter the great controlled
the Russian Orthdox Church
Treaty of Nystad
gave Russia access to the Baltic Sea-key trade and connecting with the West.
Table of Ranks
social status determined by service to state not by heredity (doesn’t matter who your father is, its about what u do and what u become)
What caused the Thirty Years War?
Emperor Ferdinand II to forcefully convert Protestant citizens to Catholicism. Protestant powers like Sweden and Netherlands sent troops to Germany. Ferdinand wanted to roll back to Reformation by force
who became the heir of the Hapsburg Empire in 1519
Charvles I or V which including German states oof the holy roman empire and dutch netherlands
who seized rich Hapsburg and what war did it spark?
Frederk II; War of Austrian Sucession
sun king
Louis XIV
