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CLEP Western Civilization II: Absolutism And Constitutionalism

Subjects : clep, history
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  • Answer 35 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Wanted Russia to catch up with the west. He made the men in upper classes shave their beards. Made Russia's army strong. Built St. Petersburg. 'window to Europe'






2. Believed in the divine right of kings - but knew they could not rule everything.






3. The strongest German state that emerged from the Thirty years war. center of present day Germany.






4. Insisted that Parliament was there only to advise him and that he ruled by divine right. He never acted on his claims so trouble was avoided until his son became ruler.






5. 'established to conduct trade in Asia and served as a model to the English and French' REA p. 9






6. Said if the king wanted to pass law - Parliment had to agree.






7. Pussia's nobles. Had rights over serf's labor. Given exemptions from taxes.






8. Contained radical ethinic group like the Muslims. The empire was rarely stable.






9. Destroyed the upper part of Parliment (house of lords) and the monarchy.






10. Allowed some religious freedom for the Huguenots






11. 1628. Claimed that the English had basic rights that the king could'nt take over - Document prepared by Parliament and signed by King Charles I of England in 1628; challenged the idea of the divine right of kings and declared that even the monarch wa






12. The side of Parliment in the English Civil War. Part of the New Model Army. Their leader was Oliver Cromwell.






13. Charles II supporters who wanted to prevent his brother the Catholic James from the throne. James' supporters were called Whigs.






14. Kings are chosen by God. King gets his power from God - therfore no one can give him any criticism.






15. Had different ideas than Bossuet and Hobbes. The ruler should only rule unless people trust him. The ruler should respect the rights of people (life - liberty - and property) and if that ruler was no longer trustworthy that the people had a right to






16. Leader of the roundheads in the English Civil War. Called Protector of England - Scotland - and Ireland in 1653.






17. 'emphasized the complete authority of a nation's ruler' REA p. 4.






18. Sparked by Charles the first when he wanted to arrest some memebers of Parliment for treason.






19. Ended the Thirty Years war. made religious changes permanent that had come with the Protestant Reformation. Rulers were allowed authority to choose the religion of the region they ruled. This treaty also showed the decline of the papacy. (pope opposi






20. Argued for absolutism. Wrote Leviathan. Tried to solve the problem of peoples' miserable lives. Said people gave their power to 'leviathan' the higher authority - who makes order and peace.






21. Famous painter of landscapes and portraits.






22. Laid foundation of Germany. gained favor from the Prussian nobels . organized bureaucracy. built a powerful army.






23. Members in a purge of Parliment who believe that the Rump Parliment was not helping society be godly.






24. (1637-1715) became king in 1661. Wanted to have complete power. He never had power over everything - but he did have much power. Said 'I am the state'. Built Versailles where the noble were invited to basically serve the king. He took the power of ma






25. Minister to Louis XIII. Powerful secretary of state in France. (1585-1642)






26. After the thirty years was this country was in a position to become a dominant power. The war was NOT fought on their soil.






27. States of a confederacy. Holland was the strongest. They could trade internationally from Amsterdam.






28. Peter I fought the Swedish with skills learned from them!






29. 1618-1648. called 'war of religion' The interests actually had more to do with politics than with theology. There was no separation between church and state in the early 1600s. Theology got wrapped into politics


30. Englishmen who wanted all to be able to vote.






31. The year that England became a republic and the year the Charles I was executed.






32. Tutored Louis XIV. wrote Politics Drawn for the Very Words of Scripture. Believe in the Divine right of kings.






33. Son of James I tried to raise money without the approval of Parliment. Parliment then passed a petition.






34. The soldiers of the king in the English Civil War.






35. Invaded England in the Glorious Revolution. Crowned in 1689.