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What is absolutism?


absolute power

What idea did the empire building rely on?

Mercantilism

What is mercantilism?

Countries should be as self sufficient as possible and then trade any excess

___________ should drastically exceed __________.

Exports should drastically exceed imports.

What were the three problems with empire building?

1. Religious and territorial conflicts created fear and uncertainty.


2.Increased taxes


3.Increased inflation

What were the religious and territorial conflicts with empire building?

There was continual conflict between the protestants and Catholics as well as the ottoman empire.

Why were taxes increased therefore making it a problem for the empire building?

Troops had to be paid so taxes has to be raised throughout Europe as well as the raising of taxes in 1648 in France led to civil unrest particularly with the nobles.

What is inflation?

A general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.

Why was there an increase with inflation therefore making it a problem in the empire building?

Ordinary people struggled to buy necessities needed for survival because of the increase of resources and particularly gold and silver onto the market devalued the currency.

What were the three new ideas on how to run a country?

1. Regulate religious worship and social gatherings to control the spread of ideas


2. Increase size of courts to appear more powerful


3. Create bureaucracies to control countries economy.

Who is Shogun?

Military leader

Who did power shift to?

Daimyo "Powerful landholding samurai"

How important was the emperor?

He was seen simply as a figure head

How did the unification begin?

Began in the late 16th century with three powerful political figures.

New feudalism for Japan

Shogun


Daimyo


Samurai


Peasant