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CLEP Western Civilization II: Absolutism And Constitutionalism
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1. Famous painter of landscapes and portraits.
Rembrandt
Rump Parliment
Treaty of Westphalia
1649
2. 'established to conduct trade in Asia and served as a model to the English and French' REA p. 9
Great Elector - Frederick William - Frederick I - and Frederick William I
Dutch East India Company
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Northern War
3. The year that England became a republic and the year the Charles I was executed.
1649
Brandenburg-Prussia
Treaty of Westphalia
Absolutism
4. Members in a purge of Parliment who believe that the Rump Parliment was not helping society be godly.
Louis XIV
Thirty Years' War
Bishop Bossuet
Bare Bones Parliament
5. 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
Absolutism
Junkers
Treaty of Westphalia
Dutch Republic
6. Invaded England in the Glorious Revolution. Crowned in 1689.
Treaty of Westphalia
English Bill of Rights
William III of Orange
Roundheads
7. Leader of the roundheads in the English Civil War. Called Protector of England - Scotland - and Ireland in 1653.
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Oliver Cromwell
English Civil War
Tsar Peter the Great
8. 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
Junkers
John Locke
Treaty of Westphalia
Thomas Hobbs
9. Charles II supporters who wanted to prevent his brother the Catholic James from the throne. James' supporters were called Whigs.
Rump Parliment
Tories
John Locke
Brandenburg-Prussia
10. Destroyed the upper part of Parliment (house of lords) and the monarchy.
Rump Parliment
Thomas Hobbs
Bare Bones Parliament
James I
11. Laid foundation of Germany. gained favor from the Prussian nobels . organized bureaucracy. built a powerful army.
Great Elector - Frederick William - Frederick I - and Frederick William I
English Bill of Rights
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Levellers
12. 'emphasized the complete authority of a nation's ruler' REA p. 4.
Northern War
Oliver Cromwell
Petition of Right
Absolutism
13. Minister to Louis XIII. Powerful secretary of state in France. (1585-1642)
Thirty Years' War
Oliver Cromwell
Charles II and James II
Cardinal Richelieu
14. The strongest German state that emerged from the Thirty years war. center of present day Germany.
William III of Orange
Absolutism
Brandenburg-Prussia
Junkers
15. Believed in the divine right of kings - but knew they could not rule everything.
Junkers
Treaty of Westphalia
Charles II and James II
English Bill of Rights
16. States of a confederacy. Holland was the strongest. They could trade internationally from Amsterdam.
Thomas Hobbs
Dutch Republic
Roundheads
Tsar Peter the Great
17. The soldiers of the king in the English Civil War.
Levellers
Cavaliers
Thomas Hobbs
Northern War
18. Kings are chosen by God. King gets his power from God - therfore no one can give him any criticism.
Thomas Hobbs
Divine right of Kings
1649
Rump Parliment
19. Englishmen who wanted all to be able to vote.
Cavaliers
Levellers
Dutch East India Company
Oliver Cromwell
20. Pussia's nobles. Had rights over serf's labor. Given exemptions from taxes.
Junkers
Dutch Republic
John Locke
Thirty Years' War
21. Contained radical ethinic group like the Muslims. The empire was rarely stable.
Thomas Hobbs
William III of Orange
Levellers
Austro-Hungarian Empire
22. 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
Petition of Right
Cardinal Richelieu
Great Elector - Frederick William - Frederick I - and Frederick William I
Treaty of Westphalia
23. Allowed some religious freedom for the Huguenots
Edict of Nantes
Louis XIV
1649
Oliver Cromwell
24. Peter I fought the Swedish with skills learned from them!
Tories
Brandenburg-Prussia
Edict of Nantes
Northern War
25. After the thirty years was this country was in a position to become a dominant power. The war was NOT fought on their soil.
English Civil War
France
Divine right of Kings
William III of Orange
26. 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.
Tories
James I
Charles II and James II
Roundheads
27. 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.
Cardinal Richelieu
Thomas Hobbs
Petition of Right
Rembrandt
28. Sparked by Charles the first when he wanted to arrest some memebers of Parliment for treason.
English Bill of Rights
English Civil War
Divine right of Kings
Rembrandt
29. Son of James I tried to raise money without the approval of Parliment. Parliment then passed a petition.
Dutch Republic
Brandenburg-Prussia
Charles I
Austro-Hungarian Empire
30. (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
James I
Bare Bones Parliament
Louis XIV
Rembrandt
31. The side of Parliment in the English Civil War. Part of the New Model Army. Their leader was Oliver Cromwell.
Roundheads
William III of Orange
Junkers
Thomas Hobbs
32. Tutored Louis XIV. wrote Politics Drawn for the Very Words of Scripture. Believe in the Divine right of kings.
Bishop Bossuet
Thirty Years' War
English Bill of Rights
1649
33. 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
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34. 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'
Edict of Nantes
Northern War
Tsar Peter the Great
Treaty of Westphalia
35. Said if the king wanted to pass law - Parliment had to agree.
Charles I
Junkers
English Bill of Rights
Thirty Years' War