Chs Ap Euro Ch. 16

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Moral Economy

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Vision of a world in which community needs predominate over competition and profit a moral economy.

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Sovereignty

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State that possesses a monopoly over the instruments of justice and the use of force within clearly defined boundaries.

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Popular Revolts

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17th century-increased pressures of taxation and warfare caused bread riots to become armed uprisings; common in England, France, Spain, Portugal, and Italy.

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Edict of Nantes

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Compromise between Catholics and Huguenots; allowed Protestants to worship in 150 normally Protestant towns throughout France.

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Intendants

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Royal commissioners used by Cardinal Richelieu in the administrative systems he established to strengthen royal control; collected information from local communities for Paris and delivered royal orders from the capital to their districts.

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Noblesse de Robe

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Robe Nobility; newer judicial nobility, solely responsible to the monarch; authority over districts they were not natives of so they had no vested interests; recruited men for the army, supervised collection of taxes, administration over local law, checked on local nobility, and regulated economic activities.

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Fronde

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"Slingshot" or "catapult"; Uprisings of 1648-1653; individuals who opposed the policies of the government.

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Noblesse d'épée

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Sword nobility; angered by the increasing powers of the central government; second stage of the Fronde conflict extended to them.

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Noblesse d'épée

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Sword nobility; angered by the increasing powers of the central government; second stage of the Fronde conflict extended to them.

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Divine Right of Kings

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Kings established by God as his rulers on earth, they were answerable ultimately to God alone.

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Absolute Monarchy

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Louis XIV crushed the political pretensions of the nobility, leaving them with social grandeur and court posing but no real power.

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Absolute Monarchy

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Louis XIV crushed the political pretensions of the nobility, leaving them with social grandeur and court posing but no real power.

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Mercantilism

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A collection of governmental policies for the regulation of economic activities, mainly commercial activities, by and for the state.

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Absolute Monarchy

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Louis XIV crushed the political pretensions of the nobility, leaving them with social grandeur and court posing but no real power.

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Mercantilism

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A collection of governmental policies for the regulation of economic activities, mainly commercial activities, by and for the state.

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Estates

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Representative bodies of clergy, nobles, and commoners who held the authority to negotiate with the Crown over taxes.

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Peace of Utrecht

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Ended the war with the alliance formed against Louis XIV to prevent France from becoming too strong and to check the its expanding commercial power in power in North America, Asia, and Africa; applied the principle of partition, completed decline of Spain as a great power, vastly expanded the British Empire, and gave European powers experience in international cooperation.

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Peace of Utrecht

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Ended the war with the alliance formed against Louis XIV to prevent France from becoming too strong and to check the its expanding commercial power in power in North America, Asia, and Africa; applied the principle of partition, completed decline of Spain as a great power, vastly expanded the British Empire, and gave European powers experience in international cooperation.

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"Don Quixote"

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Written by Miguel de Cervantes; delineated the whole fabric or 16th century Spanish society; "quioxotic" means "idealistic but impractical."

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Peace of Utrecht

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Ended the war with the alliance formed against Louis XIV to prevent France from becoming too strong and to check the its expanding commercial power in power in North America, Asia, and Africa; applied the principle of partition, completed decline of Spain as a great power, vastly expanded the British Empire, and gave European powers experience in international cooperation.

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"Don Quixote"

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Written by Miguel de Cervantes; delineated the whole fabric or 16th century Spanish society; "quioxotic" means "idealistic but impractical."

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Quinto

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One-fifth of all precious metals mined in South America and claimed by the Crown.

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Baroque

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Term that was commonly used by late 18th century art critics as expression of scorn for what was considered to be an overblown, unbalanced style in art; Portuguese word for "odd-shaped, imperfect pearl."

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French Classicism

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Artists and writers of the late 17th century imitated the subject matter and style of classical antiquity, work resembled that of Renaissance Italy, French art possessed the classical qualities of discipline, balance, and restraint.

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French Classicism

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Artists and writers of the late 17th century imitated the subject matter and style of classical antiquity, work resembled that of Renaissance Italy, French art possessed the classical qualities of discipline, balance, and restraint.

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Constitutionalism

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The limitation of government by law, implies a balance between the authority and power of the government, and the rights and liberties of the subjects.

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French Classicism

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Artists and writers of the late 17th century imitated the subject matter and style of classical antiquity, work resembled that of Renaissance Italy, French art possessed the classical qualities of discipline, balance, and restraint.

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Constitutionalism

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The limitation of government by law, implies a balance between the authority and power of the government, and the rights and liberties of the subjects.

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Puritans

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People who wanted to "purify" the church.

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French Classicism

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Artists and writers of the late 17th century imitated the subject matter and style of classical antiquity, work resembled that of Renaissance Italy, French art possessed the classical qualities of discipline, balance, and restraint.

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Constitutionalism

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The limitation of government by law, implies a balance between the authority and power of the government, and the rights and liberties of the subjects.

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Puritans

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People who wanted to "purify" the church.

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New Model Army

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Parliamentary reorganized forces under the leadership of Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell.

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French Classicism

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Artists and writers of the late 17th century imitated the subject matter and style of classical antiquity, work resembled that of Renaissance Italy, French art possessed the classical qualities of discipline, balance, and restraint.

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Constitutionalism

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The limitation of government by law, implies a balance between the authority and power of the government, and the rights and liberties of the subjects.

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Puritans

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People who wanted to "purify" the church.

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New Model Army

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Parliamentary reorganized forces under the leadership of Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell.

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Protectorate

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Title of the rule of Oliver Cromwell, which really constituted military dictatorship.

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French Classicism

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Artists and writers of the late 17th century imitated the subject matter and style of classical antiquity, work resembled that of Renaissance Italy, French art possessed the classical qualities of discipline, balance, and restraint.

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Constitutionalism

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The limitation of government by law, implies a balance between the authority and power of the government, and the rights and liberties of the subjects.

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Puritans

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People who wanted to "purify" the church.

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New Model Army

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Parliamentary reorganized forces under the leadership of Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell.

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Protectorate

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Title of the rule of Oliver Cromwell, which really constituted military dictatorship.

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Test Act (1673)

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Series of English penal laws that served as a religious test for public office; imposed civil disabilities on Roman Catholics and Nonconformists.

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"Second Treatise of Civil Government"

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By John Locke; civil governments were set up to protect life, liberty, and property; a government that oversteps protecting those things becomes a tyranny, under tyrannical government people have the natural right to rebellion, which can be avoided if a government carefully respects a citizen's life and if the people defend their liberty.

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States General

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A federal assembly that handled matters of foreign affairs, such as war; all issues had to be referred back to the local Estates for approval.

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Stadholdef

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Representative appointed by the States General in each province; carried out ceremonial functions and was responsible for defense and good order.

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Dutch East India Company

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A joint stock company formed in 1602 by a group of regents of Holland.