Unit 3 Absolutism 1648-1815

Question 1

Agricultural Revolution- because of Columbian Exchange

Answer 1

1. 4 feild system- more food , more population
2. New innovations ( seed drill, mechanical hoe)

Question 2

Mercantilism

Answer 2

1. States set price
2. more exports then imports
3. Effect- consumer culture, europe dominance in world economy, more slave labor

Question 3

Fredrick the Great of Prussia ( 174-1786)

Answer 3

modernzed army and got more territory

Question 4

Catherine the Great 1762-1796

Answer 4

reastablishes education, more terriotory, championized the arts

Question 5

Peter the Great

Answer 5

modernized Russia ( all Pieces). st petersburg as a symbol of modernization

Question 6

Gustavas Adolphus from Sweden

Answer 6

more toerritory, increased ilitary, championized lutheranism

Question 7

30 years war

Answer 7

Bohemian, Danish ( Denmark), Sweden, Sweden+France( balance of power )
Resolution-Peace of Westphalia

Question 8

Hasburg rule in Spain

Answer 8

making bank but then silver inflation
- war with france
- lost netherlands
fighting ottomans for medditerranean
inbreeding causes fail

Question 9

Dutch

Answer 9

welathiest commercial empire during this time
oligarchy- provinces ruled by wealthy and merchants

Question 10

Agricultrual Revolution effects

Answer 10

. Causes- cotton industry ( not many farmers needed ) - raw materials sent and workers manufacture it
- market based endeavor,
4. Farmers land gets sectioned ( enclosure movement)