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W-H Absolutionism
Question | Answer |
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Philip II | Son of Charles V, defender of Catholicism, fought the Ottoman Empire |
Charles V | Holy Roman Emperor in 16th Century |
El Greco | Catholic painter |
Don Quixote de la Macha | first modern novel |
Miguel de Cervantes | author of Don Quixonte |
Dutch Revolt | revolution in the Spanish Netherlands |
Amount executed at Dutch Revolt | 1500 |
1579 | Dutch gain independence |
Rembrandt van Rijn | Greatest Dutch Artist at the Time |
Absolute Monarch | King/queen with absolute power |
Divine Right | Rulers only answered to God |
Causes of Absolutism | Conflicts created uncertainty, army growth, revolts |
Effects of Absolutism | Rulers regulated everything, larger courts, bureaucracies |
Henry of Navare | first king of Bourbon dynasty |
Edict of Nantes | declaration of religious peace for Hugenots |
Cardinal Richelieu | Minister of Louis XIII |
Skepticism | the idea that nothing can be known for certain |
Montaigne | French who invented the essay |
Descartes | French thinker |
Louis XIV | French Ruler, boy king, sun king |
Louis’ steps | weakened the nobility |
Intendants | government agents |
Jean Baptiste Colbert | Louis’ minister of Finance |
War of Spanish Succession | France and Spain vs the world |
Was France happy that Louis died | Yes |
Thirty Year’s War | conflict among European leaders |
Peace of Westphalia | Treaty that ended the Thirty Year’s war, development of states |
Maria Theresa | Ruler of Austria, Feederik’s enemy |
Frederik the Great | Ruler of Prussia, Maria’s enemy |
Seven Year’s War | Britain and Prussia vs. Austria, France and Russia |
Ivan the Terrible | ruler of Russia in 16th century |
Boyars | Russian nobles |
Peter the Great | Russian ruler who modernized Russia, namesake for St Petersburg |
Westernization | Making a place more like Western Europe |
Charles I | man who fought the parliament, eventually dethroned and killed |
Englsih Civil War | War between Charles I and Parliament |
Oliver Cromwell | general for parliament, eventually king, then military dictator |
Puritan mentality | NO FUN |
Restoration | Charles II’s restoration of the monarchy |
Habeus Corpus | the right to appear before a judge |
Glorious Revolution | James II dethroned by Mary and William |
Constitutional Monarch | a ruler whose power is limited by law |
Cabinet | group of government ministers and officials |