Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Module 17
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why was the death of Charles I revolutionary? | Never before had a reigning monarch faced a public trial and execution |
| Why do you think James II fled to France when William of Orange led his army to London? | James II may have feared being arrested and executed |
| In your opinion, which decisions by Charles I made his conflict with Parliament worse? | Charles I decisions to dissolve the parliament and ignore the Petition of Right made his conflict with parliament worse. |
| What happened as a result of the English Civil War? | Charles I was executed, and puritan leader Oliver Cromwell assumed power |
| Why did the Glorious Revolution take place?. | The glorious Revolution took place to replace the Catholic king: James II, with the Protestant kind and queen, William and Mary |
| Define a constitutional monarchy. | A constitutional monarchy is a government in which laws limit the monarch's power. |
| What three changes gave Parliament more power in England? | The development of the constitutional monarchy, The Bill of RIghts , and the Establishment of a cabinet all gave Parliament more power |
| what was the political belief that one ruler should hold all power within a country? | Cancelling the Edict of Nantes cost France many skilled workers, and wars against Protestant countries damaged the French economy. |
| How did the policies of Colbert and Louis XIV affect the French economy?Explain both | Positive effects- Built up and protected French industries Negative effects- Drove out the Huguenots and overspent on buildings and wars |
| What was the result of the War of the Spanish Succession? | France and Spain were not allowed to unite, Britain gained control of Gibraltar, and the Austrian Hapsburgs took the spanish Netherlands |
| Many historians think of Louis XIV as the perfect example of an absolute monarch. Do you agree? | Agree- He controlled the economy, regulated worship, weakened the nobility, and built a magnificent palace to show his power |
| What impact did the French religious wars likely have on French thinkers?. | It turned French thinkers toward skepticism |
| Cardinal Richelieu | - made Hugenots take down all walls - made nobles destory their castles - tried to limit Hapsburg power with 30 years war |
| what impact did the French religious wars have on French thinkers? | French religious wars impacted French thinkers because it turned them toward SKEPTICISM |
| what was the result of the War of the Spanish Succession? | The big winner in the war was Great Britian. They took Gibraltar and were given permission to send enslaved Africans to Spain's American colonies |
| to what extent did anti- Protestantism contribute to Louis's downfall? | canceling the Edict of Nantes cost France many skilled workers, and wars against Protestant countries damaged the French economy |
| what was the political belief that one ruler should hold all power within a country? | absolutism |
| absolute monarchy | a system of government in which the head of state is a hereditary position and the king or queen has almost complete power |
| why did the absolute monarchs believe that they were justified in exercising absolute power? | they thought they had a divine right directly from God. They thought they represented God on Earth. So their subjects had to do whatever they wanted since they thought they were God on Earth |
| what was the Edict of Nantes issued in an effort to? | bring an end to violent religious conflicts in France |
Created by:
22kdillingham