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18 Cards in this Set
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Overview |
-centralization of government leads to the rise of powerful nation-states -central government brings peace, prosperity, and stability |
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The Portuguese |
-explored the Atlantic -development of ship equipment |
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Christopher Columbus |
-looking for a direct route to Asia -finds "new world" -the land is prosperous in gold and silver |
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Territory Spain recognizes in New World |
-New Spain -Peru -New Granada -La Plata |
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Mercantilism |
a new economic system -mother country trades with the colonies and the colonies are not allowed to trade directly with other nations. -intended to lessen financial dependence on other European countries |
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The Commerical Revolution |
helps intensify the "age of discovery" and exploration -profits from exploration and shipping -creation of first stock companies |
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Spain's oppressive rule |
Protestants and Calvinists revolt against Spanish rule. -Low Countries are divided (Catholic Netherlands and united Netherlands) |
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Czars of Russia |
Ivan the Terrible: autocratic expansionist who limited the power of nobles, expanded the realm and solidified the role of czar Time of Troubles: lack of an heir (men claiming to be dead son of Ivan) Romanov dynasty: established by nobles, reinstitutes serfdom and gains control over Orthodox church |
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Development of Natural Philosophy |
ultimate form to learn: study the universe through scientific experimentation and observation |
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Philosophers of Modern Science |
Francis Bacon: advocated inductive or experimental method (credited as original empiricist) Rene Descartes: everything not proven by observation should be doubted (I think, therefore I am) Dualism: divides all existence into spiritual (deductive reasoning) and material (experimental) |
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The Revolutionary thinkers of Science |
Copernicus: Heliocentric conception (conflicts with church) Kepler: proves his theory and plotted the elliptic orbits of the planets, predicting their movements Galileo: made the telescope which validated their ideas (condemned by the Inquisition) |
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Results of Scientific Revolution |
Deism: God made a perfect universe that he could not intervene with Rationalism: opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response. |
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Francis I |
Valois rival of Hapsburgs, |
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Concordat of Bologna |
the pope granted the right to collect first-year revenue from Church offices in return for power to nominate high officials in French ChurchWa |
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War of 3 Henries |
King Henry III and Henry of Guise are killed |
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Jean Bodin |
Supports divine right supports indivisible power in hands of monarch |
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Richelieu centralized government by |
-encouraging commerce and industry -strengthens military supervised provinces -suppressed the nobility |
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Louis XIV |
scared by Fronde in youth |
