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ABSOLUTISM AND CONSTITUTIONALISM

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Jacques Bossuet   1.Govt is divinely sanctioned 2.Wrote Politics derived from the very word of holy scripture  
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Thomas Hobbes   1.advocated absolutism on secular grounds 2. Invest sole power to the Leviathan  
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general characteristics of absolutist monarchies   1.unlimited authority to rule 2. diving right 3.patronage/censorship  
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favorable balance of trade   exports>imports  
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zero-sum game   total volume on trade is unchangeable  
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overall goal of mercantilism   1.self-sufficiancy  
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tariffs   tax on imports  
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methods of mercantilism   1.monopolies 2.importing foreign artisans 3.quality control  
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Cardinal Richelieu   1. chipped away at the rights of the Huguenots 2. created intendant system  
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intendant system   attempted to centralize royal authority in france  
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Cardinal Mazarin   1.successor of Richilieu 2.fronde  
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fronde   1.aboritve noble-led french rebellion 2.resented parlement of france  
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i am the state   L'etat c'est moi  
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One King, one law, one faith   un roi, une loi, une foi  
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Royal Council   King Louis 14 cut out nobles and put in the bourgeoisie, new aristocrats  
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bourgeosie   new aristocrats  
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French Classicism   1.values of the renaissance 2.Nicolas Poussin  
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Barouque   French style painting, architecture  
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levee   traditional rising of Louis 14  
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cochee   traditional sleep time ritual of Louis the 14  
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Estates general   1. not called on by L14  
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Gallican Church   monarchial power is independent of the church and the RCC in each country is controlled by BOTH the monarch and pope  
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Jean-Baptiste Colbert   1.mercantilism 2.merchant marine 2. decreased reliance on imports through tariffs  
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War of Spanish succession   1. caused by french bourbon accession to the spanish throne 2. blocked by english,dutch etc 3. jeopardized the balance of power 4. ended by Treaty of Utrecht and Treaty of Rastatt  
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Treaty of Utrecht and Treaty of Rastatt   1.ended war of spanish succession 2.england big winner (gibralter) 3. french lose dominance in europe 4. Kingdom of Prussia established  
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Edict of Fontainebleau   revoked edict of nantes  
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decline of spain   1.inflation 2.weak middle class 3.debt  
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House of Hohenzollern   rulling family brandenburg-prussia  
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Frederick William   1.Prussian army general 2. general war commissariat  
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general war commissariat   governed prussian state led by junkers  
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junkers   prussian nobles  
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treaty of karlowitz   1.ended austo-ottoman war 2. austira gained hungary croatia etc 3. austria was not able to unify bc of multiculturalism  
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Ivan 4   expanded russia eastward  
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boyars   russian nobles  
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romanov   russian ruling family  
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peter the greats goals   1.make power of the tsar absolute 2.westernize 3.open window to the west  
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table of the ranks   peters meritocracy  
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kaftan   russian noble wear  
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charles 12   swedish meteor  
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great northern war   1.russia vs sweden 1. russia won, got window to the west in st petersburg  
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Russian history divided into..   pre-petrine/post-petrine  
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Dutch republic   United provinces, netherlands  
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stadholder   led a Province in the dutch republic  
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fluyt   dutch merchant ship  
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dutch companies   exchange bank of amsterdam, dutch east/west india trading companies  
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genre scenes   1.vermeer and Rembrandt 2. realistic portrayal of everyday scenes 3. called dutch realism  
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balenced polity   the cordial relationship between the tudors and parliment  
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James 1   1.son of mary queen of scots 2.  
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right to tax   power of the purse  
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puritans   english non-separatists calvinists  
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trew law   james 1, defended divine right  
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left for the new world   separtist calvanists  
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presbyterian church   bottom up, democratic  
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episcopalin   top down, monarchy  
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Charles 1   abs monarch, disliked, executed  
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Petition of right   1.parliment forced Charles 1 to sign 2.monarch could not collect taxes without monarchs consent 3. military law(martial law) could not be imposed 4  
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personal rule   1.charles 1 did not call on parliment 2.  
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ship money   1.illegal tax by charles 1 2.  
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William Laud   Archbishop suppressed puritans, led to the great migration of puritans  
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long parliment   met for 13 years,  
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triennial act   passed by long parliament 1. parliament could not be dissolved with out consent 2.abolished charles tax 3. executed william laud  
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John Pym   leader of long parliament that charles tried to arrest  
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cavaliers   royalist, supporters of charles I, member of the house of lords  
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roundheads,   supporters of parliament, middle class  
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central questions of the english civil war   1. who rules? abs monarch or parliament 2. how is the church governed? presb. or episco.  
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Oliver cromwell   leader of new model army and independents  
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rump parliament   tried, convicted charles 1 of treason  
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prides pursion   exlusion of moderate members of parliament  
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interregnum   english period with out a monarch (1649-1660)  
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the commonweath   republic, house of lords/anglican church abolished  
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levellers   wanted religious toleration, free speech, voting rights  
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diggers   wanted communism  
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lord acton   power corrupts, abs power corrupts absolutly  
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Instrument of Govt   cromwell dissolved parliament after disputes over the newenglish constituion  
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lord protector   cromwell, military dictator  
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protectorate   military dictorship of england under cromwell, catholics not allowed but jews were  
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the restoration   invited charlesII the merry monarch returned from exile in france  
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test act   excluded catholics from govt positions  
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exclusion bill   excluded james II (charles II brother) from the english throne  
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whigs   liberals, supported exclusion bill  
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tories   conservatives, did not like exclusion bill bc it tampered with lawful succession  
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james II   open catholic  
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glorious revolution   parliament invited mary II and William III of orange to rule only if enlgand was a limited monarchy  
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Enlgish Bill of Rights   1.Catholics barred from the throne 2.habeas corpus 3. religious toleration  
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jacobites   wanted james II catholic son on the throne  
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john locke   supports english revolution in two treasties of govt  
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