The Age of Absolutism

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What were the major threats that Charles V faced?

Ottoman invasions, Protestants in the German states, and constant warfare

What type of government was created in England by the Glorious Revolution?

A limited monarchy

What were the results of the Peace of Westphalia (1648)?

France gained new territories.

In 1598, what did the Edict of Nantes helped to ensure ?

Freed the protestants from persecution

Huguenots

French Protestants. The Edict of Nantes (1598) freed them from persecution in France, but when that was revoked in the late 1700s, hundreds of thousands of Huguenots fled to other countries, including America.

boyars

Land owning aristocracy in early Russia.

dissenters

Protestants who differed with the Church of England

El Greco

Spanish painter (born in Greece) remembered for his religious works characterized by elongated human forms and dramatic use of color (1541-1614)

What did Maria Theresa do to strengthen the Hapsburg empire?

appealed for Hungarian military support, got Fredrick out of Sileasia, reorganized the Hapsburg bureaucracy.

divine right

belief that a rulers authority comes directly from god.

What goals did Phillip II want to accomplish for Spain?

defending the reformation, extended spanish influence defeated the ottomans in Greece

What did the departure of the Huguenots do for France in the 1680's?

detrimental to the economy of France

mercenaries

foreign soldiers who fought for money

What were some accomplishments of Catherine the Great?

granted charters to the Boyars, repressed serf rebellions, expanded Russian lands in Poland

intendants

imposed by Louis XIV, they were law officials who collected taxes and administered justice, and were cause of much discontent, "government agents"; took power from nobles and consolidated power of the King

cabinet

persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers

electors

royal officials who carried out the policies of Louis XIV

partition

the division of Poland among Russia, Prussia, and Austria

The Long Parliament met when Charles I requested funds for?

to fight a scottish rebellion

Why did Peter the Great wage war against the Ottomans?

to gain trade access to the warm water port on the Mediterranean Sea.


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