Wh Ch 17

Question 1

“The Sun King”,
Cardinal Mazarin aided his rule. One of the longest reigns of any king in history (over 70 years)

Answer 1

Louis XIV

Question 2

(appointed govt. officials) to help Louis XIV rule

Answer 2

bureaucrats

Question 3

“govt. By men who sit at desks”; made up of the bourgeoisie (middle class)

Answer 3

Bureaucracy

Question 4

a palace used to entertain & “distract” the nobles

Answer 4

Palace of Versailles

Question 5

17th & 18th century monarchial pursuit of unlimited power

Answer 5

“Age of Absolutism”

Question 6

minister of finance that mobilized French economics & trade

Answer 6

Jean Baptiste Colbert

Question 7

founded Quebec (1st permanent French Colony) in 1608

Answer 7

Samuel de Champlain

Question 8

explored the Mississippi River in 1682 & claimed it for France

Answer 8

Robert C. De la Salle

Question 9

treaty that stopped the war of the leauge of augsbhurg

Answer 9

Treaty of Ryswick

Question 10

supposed to inherit the throne in Spain

Answer 10

Phillip of Anjou

Question 11

most notable victory of the war

Answer 11

Battle of Blenheim

Question 12

a time where philosophy changed the thinking of France

Answer 12

Age of Enlightenment

Question 13

“Father of the Enlightenment”,Promoted rationalism (man’s reason is the sole criterion for truth)

Answer 13

Voltaire

Question 14

man’s reason is the sole criterion for truth

Answer 14

rationalism

Question 15

“Father if French Romanticism”

Answer 15

Rousseau

Question 16

(man’s emotions & feelings are the source of truth)

Answer 16

Prompted romanticism

Question 17

The French king at the beginning of the French Revolution

Answer 17

Louis XVI

Question 18

Classes were made up of the what

Answer 18

Clergy, Nobles, & Everyone else

Question 19

left the estates general & their own representative assembly called National Assembly

Answer 19

3rd estate

Question 19

a vow to meet until a constitution was written

Answer 19

The Tennis Court Oath

Question 20

On July 14, 1789, the people of France stormed the castle of Bastille in Paris

Answer 20

Storming of Bastille

Question 21

the National Assembly & adopted the slogan “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, and Death”

Answer 21

August 4 Decree

Question 22

France’s 1st Constitution created by the Constituent Assembly; France was now a Constitutional Monarchy

Answer 22

Constitution of 1791

Question 23

supported the king

Answer 23

right

Question 24

neutral

Answer 24

middle

Question 25

wanted to continue the revolution

Answer 25

left

Question 26

The Constitutional Assembly was replaced by the what in 1792

Answer 26

National Convention

Question 27

was executed by guillotine

Answer 27

Louis XVI

Question 28

led by Maximilien Robespierre controlled France through terror & violence

Answer 28

The Committee of Public Safety

Question 29

lead the Committee of Public Safety

Answer 29

Maximilien Robespierre

Question 30

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

Answer 30

Deism

Question 31

Napoleon overthrew France’s government & established the Consulate

Answer 31

1799

Question 32

an election in which the people express their will

Answer 32

Plebiscite

Question 33

formal agreement with the pope that made peace with the Catholic

Answer 33

Concordat

Question 34

England defeated Napoleon’s Navy in the Mediterranean Sea in what battle

Answer 34

Battle of Trafalgar

Question 35

what year was the Battle of Trafalgar

Answer 35

1805

Question 36

greatest naval hero the world has ever known; led the British fleet to victory

Answer 36

Lord Horatio Nelson

Question 37

Napoleon’s greatest military victory; he defeated the Russians and the Austrians

Answer 37

Battle of Austerlitz

Question 38

Napoleon ordered that any nation allied with France was not allowed to trade with England

Answer 38

Continental System

Question 39

withdrew Russia from the Continental system in 1812

Answer 39

Czar Alexander I

Question 40

Europe banded together and defeated Napoleon’s broken army

Answer 40

Battle of Nations

Question 41

He was defeated for the final time at what battle

Answer 41

Battle of Waterloo

Question 42

he returned to France to reconquer his empire in what year

Answer 42

1815

Question 43

Napolean's Government

Answer 43

the Consulate

Question 44

Napoleon was banished from Europe to the island of what

Answer 44

Elba

Question 45

Where was Napolean banned the second time

Answer 45

St. Helena

Question 46

Napolean's law code

Answer 46

Napolean Code

Question 47

what year did Napolean have the most power

Answer 47

1812