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Chapter 7 id cards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Absolutism | a type of government where the king has total control. |
| Divine Right | a theory of government where the king is believed to be granted the power to rule by a god/gods |
| Thomas hobbes | political theorist who wrote the Leviathan. |
| Cardinal Mazarin | advisor to king Louis XIV and his regent mother. |
| Louis XIV | absolute ruler of France who ruled for 72 years. Also called the sun king. |
| Estates General | an assembly of representatives from the 3 french estates: clergy, nobility, and commoners. |
| The Fronde | A revolt among the french nobility. This occured to try reobtain their social and political influence they had lost. |
| Mercantilism | an economic theory that encouraged the import of precious metals and exploitation of resources to create a self sufficient economy. |
| Jean Baptiste Colbert | financial advisor to king Louis XIV of France. |
| Nobles of the Sword | French nobles who held titles of nobility that dated back generation after generation. |
| Versailles | Palace and site of the royal court of King Louis XIV. |
| Moliere | Jean Baptiste moliere was a playwright who worked at he court of King Louis XIV. |
| Revocation of the Edict of Nantes | King Louis XIV reversed the policies of religious tolerance passed under previous rulers. |
| Jansenism | a religious group living on France Austria and parts of Italy. |
| War of the Holy League | Conflict between Austria and the Ottoman Empire. |
| Junker | Prussian nobles and land owners. |
| Great Elector Fredrick William | Ruler of Prussia(1640-1688) He built Prussias military to create a militaristic society. |
| Ivan the terrible | Ivan IV was a ruler of Russia. He was the first ruler of Russia to be crowned tsar. |
| Boyar | Russian noble. |
| Time of troubles | a period of anarchy and chaos in Russia. |
| Serfdom | in 1649 Russian peasants were officially lables serfs. It was an extreme form of serfdom which boardered on slavery. |
| Peter the Great | Ruler of Russia from 1682 to 1725. He was responsible for making Russia more westernized. |
| Table of ranks | 1772. It was a policy created by Peter the great. Boyars were required to participate in either the army navy or government offices. |
| St Petersburg | The new capital of Russia built on the Baltic sea. Peter the Great wanted the city's architecture to be modeled ofter western Europe. |
| Balance of Power | A political idea suggesting that peace in Europe in directly tied to a balance of power. |
| War of Spanish Succession | Military conflict over the succession to the Spanish throne after the death of Charles II. |
| Treaty of Utrecht | signed in 1713 to end the War of Spanish Succession. |
| Bishop Bossuet | he served as bishop and tutor to King Louis XIV. |
| Treaty of Nystad | Treaty which ended the Great Northern War, a military conflict between Russia and Sweden. |
| Nobles of the robe | Fremch nobles who purchased their titles from the king |
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