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AP Euro test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is absolutism ? | one ruler has ultimate authority |
| what writer wrote mostly about divine right ? | Bossuet |
| Why did absolutism take hold? | -need for stability -wanted peace and order |
| what is constitutionalism ? | has a written set of laws, king has limited power, there is a representative body (parliament) |
| what country is an example of constitutionalism? | England |
| James I | divine right song of mary queen of scots persecute puritans millenary petition hampton court conflict with money |
| Charles I | EXECUTED, first king married catholic connections English Civil war short parliament petition of rights Ship money long parliament (b/c of scottish rebellion) triennial act puritan power (rump parliament) |
| Oliver Cromwell | interregnum protectorate new model army - (forms millitary dictatorship) disbands parliament Irish massacre Levellers - democratic Diggers- socialist Quakers- past hippies |
| what type of problems did James I have ? | money problems --went to illegal measures to receive money |
| Characters of the house of commons? | lots of money/power worked, payed taxes high middle class and nobles |
| what was the millenary petition?, (part of the hampton court conference) | puritans asked James to sit down and discuss their issues with him |
| what claims were made against James I? | that he was pro catholic b/c he makes alliance with spain, and married his son off to a catholic princess |
| who was the first king to ever be executed ? | Charles I of England |
| who was Charles I married to? | a catholic french princess ( James I set this up) |
| Petition of rights ? who it affected, what it did? | Charles I; layed out everything charles couldn't do |
| Scottish Rebellion. against who? why? | Charles I; believed he was a catholic; |
| William Laud (during Charles I) | strong connections to catholic church; head of the church of england; punished puritans |
| ship money | CHARLES I ; |
| arbitrary rule | CHARLES I; doesn't call on parliament for looooong time. |
| Triennial Act (during Charles I) | king must call on parliament every 3 years, |
| religious purge (during charles i) | Charles wouldn't rule against any catholic persecution in ireland, parliament takes over ----> charles and parliament fight; ENGLISH CIVIL WAR |
| Cavaliers | led by Charles I in ECW |
| Roundheads | led by Parliament in ECW |
| New Model Army | Cromwell |
| Pride's Purge ; Rump Parliament | royal forces surrender, cromwell takes over. |
| Protectorate | cromwell's government , a "republic" aka. DICTATORSHIP |
| instrument of government | a constitution that was WRITTEN (during cromwell ) |
| who was AGAINST CROWMWELL? | levellers- democratic diggers- socialist quakers-george fox- peaceee man. |
| who began the restoration? why? | Charles II, marked the end of the interregnum |
| what did Charles II want to do to his brother, James II? | he wanted to keep him from the throne , FAILED. |
| what treaty did Charles II make? | with louis xiv ----> france. TREATY OF DOVER. |
| under Charles II , parliament split into | whigs--- no catholic rulers tories---backed the king |
| james II issue with parliamenttt.? | parliament unites against James, he was weak. |
| William and Mary | glorious revolution english bill of rights enemy of louis 14 dutch republic stadholder |
| what did the act of settlement do? | NEVER will there be a catholic ruler on english throne |
| what do all the bourbons try to do? | take power from church and nobles |
| advisor of Henry IV | Maximillien de Bethune |
| henry iv switched... | from protestant to catholic during massacre; did not want france to become overwhelmed by religion |
| who created the edict of nantes ? | Henry IV ; religious toleration |
| henry IV laid the foundations for ________- | mercantilism |
| advisor of Louis XIII | Cardinal Richelieu |
| Richelieu did: the taille (?) , nobility(?) | - annual land tax - created intendants |
| advisor of louis XIV | cardinal mazarin |
| what was the Fronde? under whos reign did they happen? | nobility rebelled against the king (louis xiv) |
| 1st fronde was nobles of the | robe |
| 2nd fronde was nobles of the | sword |
| who was louis xiv 's financial genius? | jean baptiste colbert |
| what did colbert do to france? | developed an infrastructure |
| what did the edict of fontainbleu do ? | revoked the edict of nantes, b/c louis xiv HATED THE PROTESTANTS!!!! |
| french classicism.,,which ruler? | Louis xiv |