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34 Cards in this Set
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ivan IV
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who was called "the terrible"
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Peter I
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who westernized Russia
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English
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the Stuarts ruled which country
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Charles I
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which monarch lost a civil war
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Russia
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the Romanovs ruled what country
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absolute power
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political power that is unlimited or unrestrained
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divine right
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justification for absolute royal power on religious grounds
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Mazarin
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who was the advisor to Louis XIV
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Treaty of Utrecht
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which treaty gave French territory of Canada to Britain
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to allow Maria Theresa to rule in peace
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why did European nations sign the Pragmatic Sanction
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Parliament's control of taxes
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the English kings were limited in power by the...
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Seven Years' War
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which war was also called the French and Indian War
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ended the fighting of the war
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the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle signed at the end of the War of Austrian Succession merely...
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Whigs and Tories
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name two English political parties
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William Pitt the Elder
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who was the British statesman whose strategy for winning the Seven Years' War resulted in great success for England and helped establish it as a major world power
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France
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the Burben family ruled which country
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balance of powers
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name the 18th century alliance system made to assure no nation grew stronger than another
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the Frondes
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name the series of unsuccessful attempts to destroy French absolutism
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Bill of Rights
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William and Mary were granted the throne of England after the writing of a political document limiting the royal power. What was this document called?
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czar
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what is the Russian word for caesar
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decreasing the sides of the church, increasing the size of government bureaucracy, expanding their territory, increasing their control over the nation's finances, increasing size of army and navy
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the ways 17th and 18th century kings increased their royal power
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France
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which nation came out of Thirty Years' war the strongest
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Richelieu
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Louis XIII's powerful chief minister
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end of Protestant education in France
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the revocation of the Edict of Nantes resulted in the...
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divine right
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the belief that kings' rule by authority from God
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England
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in which country was absolutism defeated
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Lord Protector
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Oliver Cromwell took the title of...
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James II
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who lost his throne in 1688
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Louis XIV
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who basically said "I am the state"
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Gustavus Adolphus
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Swedish king
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James I
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first Scottish king of England
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William and Mary
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accepted the Act of Settlement
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(1) they asserted that God had established their authority; therefore, (2) they ruled by "divine right". according to them (3) they were not bound by any man-made laws, but (4) were responsible only to God for their actions. (p.357)
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Explain how the European rulers of the 17th and 18th centuries justified their absolute authority.
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with the help of western experts, Peter worked hard (1.) to improve the Russian economy by encouraging the production of consumer goods. he also began (2.) building a new navy and a new capital. peter tried to force (3.) western ways on his people by outlawing beards and Oriental dress and (4.) introducing the western calendar. (p.366)
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Discuss the westernization and modernization program that Peter the Great implemented in Russia.
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