AP Euro Chapter 13 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Divine Right | Theory of monarchical absolutism... King's get power from god and are beyond control by earthy bodies |
Junkers | Higher nobility... Prussia's landowning nobility supported monarchy and served in army in exchange for absolute power over serfs |
Boyars | Russian aristocrats who possessed less political power than did their counterparts in Western Europe |
Dutch Republic and Stadtholder | 1. Made urban transformation possible economic prosperity and achievement house of orange and William of 3 leadership 2. Chief executive of Holland most important of provinces rallied the Dutch and led entire European coalition against france |
Parliamentary Monarchy | England failed- dependent on support of noble estates diets or assembles |
Political Absolutism | France succeed and built secure financial base not dependent on support of noble estates - monarchies achieved absolute rule |
James 1 | Court of scandal/corruption defends popular recreation against puritans and failure to relax penal laws arrange marriage between Charles and Spanish princess |
Charles 1 | Queried Parliament and fought armies of English and Scottish in English civil war and surrendered to Scottish force handing him over to English parliament |
Petition of Rights | Document required that there should be no forced loans or taxation without consent of parliament members would grant new funds only of Charles recognized |
English civil war | Provide king with annual income to live off of and the state of circumstances lead to execution of Charles and military dictatorship across britain |
Oliver Cromwell | Helped parliament win English civil war dominated puritan republic army conquered Scotland and Ireland ruined Anglican church and monarchy |
Charles the 2nd | Favored religious toleration, issued declaration and gained extra income due to Louis the the 14th good and converted to Catholicism on death bed |
Restoration | Monarchy was restored (English, Scottish and Irish) under Charles the second that followed wars of 3 kingdoms |
Glorious Revolution | In response to James the second catholic second wife giving birth to son creating opposition as William the third and Mary the second the new monarchs created the revolution. |
William of orange and Mary the 2nd | New monarchs completiting the glorious revolution and recognized the bill of rights |
English bill of rights | Limited powers of monarchy and guaranteed civil liberties of English privileged classes which created English monarchs subject to law and would rule by consent of parliament |
Absolute monarchy | monarch is head of state with unrestricted power |
Louis XIV | Helped create France an absolute monarchy clash with parliament of paris |
Cardinal Mazarin | Imposed direct royal administration on France created rebellions amount French nobles |
Fronde | Series of widespread rebellions among French nobles |
Versailles | Largest secular structure in Europe Louis permanent residence |
Jean Baptiste Colbert | Minister helped Louis maintain and afford powerful army |
War of Spanish succession | Bourbons had secured Spanish throne but Spain forfeited its possessions in finders and italy |
Treaty of Utrecht | Established peace of Utrecht and series of individual peace treaties signed by beligerns in war of Spanish succession |
Pragmatic sanction | Edict issued bib Charles the 6th to ensure the Habsburg hereditary possessions could be inherited by a daughter. |
The great ELECTOR FREDERICK | Central unity power by breaking the local noble estates organizing a royal bureaucracy and building with a strong army |
Frederick the first | achievenement of royal title and least Prussian of fmaily |
Frederick WiLIIAm the 1st | monarch to rule the Hohenzollern domains and organized bureaucracy along military lines |
Streltsy | Power of Peter the great and army frmed by Ivan the terrible |
Peter the great | 10 years old and dragged Russia out of medieval times and made attack on boyars |
St.Petersburg | Important Russian port on Baltic sea |
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