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absolutism
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monarch that ruled state with absolute authority
today, that would be considered a dictator |
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Henry 4th
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firt monarch of the new royal family (bourbons)
he converted to catholicism to help bring peace to france issued Edict of Nantes |
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Edict of Nantes
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gaurunteed freedom of worship
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Louis 13th
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was 8 yrs old when he took overn france (father died)
his mother ruled until louis took throne in 1617 f |
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cardinal richelieu
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chief minister to louis 13th
worked to take power away from nobles and political rights away from heugenots |
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thirty years war
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began in prague in 1618
protestants vs. holy roman empire |
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louis 14th
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the sun king
longest reign in french history (72 years) tried to gain abolute rule by divine of kings ( chosen by god to rule) important nobles forced to live at palace of verailles |
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what was henry 4th primary problem when he first came to take the throne
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when he first came to the throne he was a heugenot
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why was lois 13th considered a weak and wise king
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weak: he was sick and could not concentrate
wise: he chose wise advisors who provided strong leadership |
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who was the thirty years war between
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protestants vs holy roman empire
france sweden denmark vs hapsburg family |
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what did cardinal richelieu work on doing during the thirty years war
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he worked on keeping the war going but keeping france out
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where did most of the thirty years war take place
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germany
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what was the result of the thirty years war
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treaty of westphalia
france recieves alsace territory around rhine river. Independence to netherlands and switzerland |
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3 factors that seperated russia from western europe
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1. before 1480, mongol ruled for 200 years. (asian influence)
2. practiced eastern orthodox rather than roman catholic or protestant (religion) 3. cyrillic alphabet (communication problems) |
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Micheal Romanov
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elected as czar in 1613
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romanov family
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large, powerful, and wealthy
ruled russia for next 300 years russia becomes leading european power |
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peter the great
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ruthless like ivan
he wanted to acquire ports ont he sea of azov and black sea disguised himself as a private citizen and visits western europe to ask for help, but they say no |
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nobility
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individuals nobles rank depending on government service
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catherine the great
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supported art sscience literature and theater. expansion of perter the great
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first partition of poland
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prussia austria and russia siezed slices of poland territory for themselves
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second partition of poland
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same thing as the first partition of poland, but this time only russia and prussia seized slices of poland territory.
200,000 miles under catherine the great |
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what was peter the greats main goal as ruler
and what was the problem with his goal |
acquire water ports on sea of azov and black sea
problem was areas controlled by ottoman empire |
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what was the solution to the problem of peter the greats main goal as ruler
what was the postitve that came out of his solution |
his solution was to disguise himself as a private citizen and visit western europe
postitive: learned many thing about the west |
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throught peter the greats trip, how does he improve with the army, social changes, government, and nobility
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army: starts war with sweden, moved capital to the new city of st petersburg
social: women are less isolated from society. nobles shaved off beards gov: encouraged manufacturing and fur trade |
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why was russia lagging behind the rest of europe by 200 years
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because mongol ruled for 200 years
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maria theresa
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pragmatic sanction allowed her to inherit all the hapsburg lands
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pragmatic sanction
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allowed marial theresa to inherit all the hapsburg lands
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hohenzollerns (where did the rule and thier goal
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ruled brandenburg- prusia (austrians chief rival)
goal: increase power and gain more land |
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frederick william (great elector)
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unified armies into one strong force. he improved tax system, agriculture, industry, and transportation
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frederick william 1st
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ended lavished spending, doubled size of army and made efficient fighting force. children required to go to school.
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frederick the great (frederick 2nd)
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wrote poetry played the flute read philosophy.
worked to expand territory and prestige of prussi |
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conflict between prussia and austria
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prussians seized silesia (maria theresa's territory) easily. started the war of austrian succession.
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reversal of alliances
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austria and great britian were alliances. great britian now allied with russia. france sided with austria and russia
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czar peter 3rd
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no desire to continue supporting prussias enemies. broke alliance
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king george 3rd
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made clear his intention to withdraw
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how did the war of austrian succession start
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frederick 2nd took prussian armu to selisia
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who was involved in the war of austrian succession
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prussia bavana spain france vs austria britian netherlands russia
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what was the outcome of the war of austrian succession
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austria , silecia went to prussia
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what was the turning point of the seven years war
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empress of russia, queen elizabeth died
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henry 8th
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established anglican chuch when the pope would not grant him a divorce
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mary 1st (bloody mary)
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first reigning queen of england.
devoted catholic: rutheless to anglican church (protestants) killing them. |
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elizabeth 1st
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mary 1st protestant half sister. she never married
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mary queen of scots
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closest relative to elizabeth 1st. she would inherit the throne of england as well as reigning scotland. she fled to england, but elizabeth put her in prison, and when elizabeth found out about the plot that mary had made to kill her, she beheaded mary queen of scots.
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spanish armada
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impressive fleet of ships launched by philip 2nd of spain
defeated by england in 1588 |
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puritans
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people who object to the anglican church maintaining some catholic practices
they wanted to purify the englih church |
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gentry
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land owners in england wo had social positions but no tithes
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burgsesses
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merchants and professional people from towns and cities
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james 1st
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ruled both scotland and england
strong supporter of anglican church king james version of the bible |
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essay: how did mary 1st earn the nickname bloody mary
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she was determined to make england a catholic nation again. aimed to destroy anglican church. she had more than 300 people burned at stake, including the archbishop of canterbury. she was utterly rutheles with protestants
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essay: what were the names of parliaments two houses? what were these two houses made up of? describle the two classes that the house of commons represented
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The parliament was made up of two houses: The House of Nobles, and The House of Commons. The House of Nobles was made up of, well, Nobles. The House of Commons was made of two types of people: Gentry, and Burgesses. A Gentry is a wealthy land owner. A Burgess is someone who's built up their wealth through their occupation (i.e. a successful merchant, or lawyer).
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