17Th Century World History Test

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King of England, Catholic and Scottish, causes him to be unpopular with his people.

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James I

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Son of James I, King of England, Catholic, calls Parliement in 1626 but dismisses them.

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Charles I

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After almost arrested, Parliment flees to Scottland to raise an army to overthrow ______ in _____

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Charles I, 1642

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Kills Charles I, Puritan, creates the Blue laws, calls himself the Lord Protector, becomes a military dictator and gets rid of all other hiearchy

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Oliver Cromwell

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England becomes known as ______ ______ after Oliver Cromwell takes over.

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Great Britian

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______ is forced to take an oath denouncing transubstantiation, goes against his Catholic beliefs, he takes the oath, but ignores Parliament like all the other kings.

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James II

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Parliament goes to ______ and _______ of the __________, to help them invade England and overthrow England. Invasion is pretty peaceful, and James just flees to France.

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Netherlands

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The _______ Revolution in ____ overthrows the king of England with no blood shed,

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Glorious

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Parliament asks William and Mary to sign the English _____ of ________, forcing them to call Parliament into session every 3 years.

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Bill of Rights

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In 1689, Parliament passes the _____ of _________, which states that England will only tolerate Protestant religions.

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Bill of Tolerance

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Government system that has a set of written rules so a king cannot arbitrarily make laws and decisions. Usually includes checks and balances.

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Constitutionalism

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Chief advisor of Louis XIII, major contributor to the creation of Absolutism, he wants to put more power in the king

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Cardinal Richelieu

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Louis XIV rules from ____ to _____

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1643. 1715

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States that no one is above the king, all powerful, God approves of the kings

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Divine Right of Kings

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Louis XIV builds a palace in ______

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Versailles

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War fought when a descendant of Louis takes the thrown of Spain, between the Hasbergs and Bourbons

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War of Spanish Succession

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Scientific Revolution: _____ to _____'s

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1509-1680's

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Enlightenment: ______ to _____

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1680's-1789

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Questions geocentrism ( _____ is the center of the universe), begins the idea of heliocentrism, considered the father of the scientific revolution

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Copernicus

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Drops heavy objects off the tower of Piza, disproves that heavy objects fall faster than light objects, creates a telescope, astronomy, questions the Church and Bible, arrested for it

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Galileo

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In scientific revolution, people begin seeing nature as a _____ process.

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mechanical

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Related science/rational thought to faith, implies they are two seperate things, thought to be canonized a saint, says people should question everything, "I think, therefore, I am"

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Decartes

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Sates science and faith both require "a leap of faith". Religion and science can be compatible.

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Pascal

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Thinkers of the Enlightenment

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Philisophes

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3 Pillars of Enlightenment

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Reason, Nature, Progress

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In scientific revolution, people begin seeing nature as a _____ process.

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mechanical

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Related science/rational thought to faith, implies they are two seperate things, thought to be canonized a saint, says people should question everything, "I think, therefore, I am"

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Decartes

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Sates science and faith both require "a leap of faith". Religion and science can be compatible.

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Pascal

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Thinkers of the Enlightenment

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Philisophes

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3 Pillars of Enlightenment

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Reason, Nature, Progress

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_____: new philosophy of the enlightenment, Thomas Jefferson, calls to study nature, God created everything

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Deism

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Brittish, upset with government, writes a book: ______, believes people are naturally bad, believes in a stricter government

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Thomas Hobbes, Liviathan

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British, believes people are good, "Life, Liberty, and property", believes the role of government is to protect the rights of the people

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John Locke

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French, 1720's, says there is no perfect government, calls for a balance of power

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Montesquien

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Fan of John Locke, very critical of everything, critiques the Church, talks about justice, persecution, equality, oppressive powers

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Voltaire

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Radical Enlightenment thinker, thinks man is good, says the system turns humans bad, wants a true democracy, calls for a "social contract", belives the group is more important than the individual

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Rousseau

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Takes ideas of Enlightenment, begins the first feminist movement

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Mary Wollstonecraft

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Improves agriculture, causes more inflation, people loss propoerty due to fencing in, loss of hunting rights

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Agricultural Revolution

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The selling of goods that are produced in one's home

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Domestic System/ Putting Out

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Enlightenment is different from Mercantialism because

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Mercantialism called for governmental involvement, Enlightenment says government should not be invloved

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Writes "Wealth of the Nations" in ____, introduces Laisses Faire Capitalism, supply and demand, says people are selfish and greedy, and this will produce a better economy

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Adam Smith, 1776

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Capitalism believes competition is ____

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Good

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Ruling family in Eastern Europe, rule originally in ______

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Hohenzollern, Brandenburg

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Hohenzollerns change their territory to _______ in _____

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Prussia, 1701

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Russia is ruled by the _____

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Boyars

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Tzar of Russia at the end of the 1600's, westernizes Russia

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Peter the Great

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Russia gets the _____ Sea as a warm water port after the war between Sweden in 1721

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Baltic

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In Russia, bases social status by how much you contribute to the state

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Table of Ranks

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Creates new legal code in Russia "The Instruction", Enlightened absolutist

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Catherine the Great