Chapter 16 Vocab Quiz

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Sovereignty

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Supreme power or authority

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Totalitarian

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Of or relating to a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.

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Fronde

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The Fronde was a series of civil wars in France between 1648 and 1653, occurring in the midst of the Franco-Spanish War, which had begun in 1635.

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French Classiscim

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Scholars characterize the art and li French Classiscim terature of the age of Louis XIV as French classicism. By this they mean that the artists and writers of the late seventeenth century imitated the subject matter and style of classical antiquity, that their work resembled that of Renaissance Italy, and the French art possessed the classical qualities of discipline, balance and restraint.

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Don Quixote

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In the brilliant novel Don Quixote, Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes produced one of the great masterpieces of world literature. Don Quixote delineates the whole fabric of sixteenth century Spanish society.

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Puritans

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They believed the Reformation had not gone far enough. They wanted to "purify" the Anglican church of Roman Catholic elements - elaborate vestments and ceremonials, bishops, the position of the altar in the church, even the giving and wearing of wedding rings.

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Stadholder

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The States General appointed a representative, the stadholder, in each province. As the highest executive there, the stadholder carried out ceremonial functions and was responsible for defense and good order.

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Dutch East India Company

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In 1602 a group of the regents of Holland formed the Dutch East India Company, a joint stock company. The investors each received a percentage of the profit proportional to the amount of money they had put in.

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Absolutism

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The word absolutism was coined in 1830, two centuries after the developments it attempts to classify occurred. Some scholars today deny that absolute monarchy was a stage in the evolution of the modern state between medieval feudal monarchies and the constitutional governments of recent centuries.

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Raison d'etat

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Richelieu believed he had to resort to drastic measures in building the French state. He did this by conducting an anti-Habsburg foreign policy. The phrase stands for the reason of the state.

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Raison d'etat

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Richelieu believed he had to resort to drastic measures in building the French state. He did this by conducting an anti-Habsburg foreign policy. The phrase stands for the reason of the state.

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Mercantilism

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Mercantilism is a collection of governmental policies for the regulation of economic activities, especially commercial activities, by and for the state.

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Peace of Utrecht

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The Peace of Utrecht had important international consequences. I represented the balance-of-power principle in operation, setting limits on the extent to which any one power - in this case France - could expand. The treaty completed the decline of Spain as a great power. It vastly expanded the British Empire. And it gave European powers experience in international cooperation.

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Constitutionalism

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Constitutionalism is the limitation of government by law. Constitutionalism also implies a balance between the authority and power of the government, on the one hand, and the rights and liberties of the subjects on the other.

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Cabinet System

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In the course of the eighteenth century, the cabinet system of government evolved. The term cabinet derives from the small private room in which English rulers consulted their chief ministers. In a cabinet system, the leading ministers, who must have seats in and the support of a majority of the House of Commons, formulate common policy and conduct the business of the country.

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Second Treatise of the Civil Government

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The Glorious Revolution found its best defense in political philosopher John Locke's Second Treatise of Civil Government (1690). Lock (1632-1704) maintained that people set up civil governments to protect life, liberty, and property.