HiS 102 Missed Material
What book did Diderot write?
Encyclopedia
What are Physiocrats?
Enlightenment thinkers who were focused on the economy. Critical of Mercantilism.
What was the Treaty of Westphalia?
A treaty signed between the Catholic powers and the Protestant powers with France that ended the 30 Years War.
What was the Edict of Fontainebleau?
An edict issued by Louis XIV that revoked the Edict of Nantes from 1598 and suspends the religious freedom of French protestants.
What is a cossack?
Bands of warriors in Russia
Louis XIV's controller general, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, sponsored French exploratory missions in
Canada and along the Mississippi River
Which of the following was associated with "blood sports?"
Cockfighting
Who in France was an economist that strongly believed in Mercantilism?
Colbert
Which of these was the greatest achievement of eighteenth-century medical science?
Conquest of smallpox
Who was a Hohenzollern who was an elector of Prussia and was promoted to King of Prussia?
Frederick William I
Define Philosophes.
French word for thinking
Which statement about abortion in Europe between 1650-1800 is accurate?
It was a capital crime across most of the region
What is the name for Prussian nobility?
Junkers
Who advocated Women's rights, was Jean-Hacques Rousseau's sharpest critique, and thought a husband just like a King cannot be a despot?
Mary Wollstonecraft
Who is credited with the idea of Checks and Balances?
Montesquieu
The invasion of Russia was the beginning of the end for
Napoleon
What was the treaty of Utrecht?
Peace treaty that ended the War of Spanish Succession. Treaty allows Philip V (Louis XIV grandson) to become king of Spain but France and Spain are never allowed to unite.
What is the name of the ONLY Russian royal family?
Romanovs
What Enlightenment leader and philosopher of the "general will" also wrote a book on education called Emile?
Rousseau
Who were the Intendants?
Royal civil servants in France under the Old Regime. Would go throughout France and make sure kings' laws were being followed.
What were the four phases of the 30 years war?
The Bohemian, the Danish, the Swedish, and the French phase
How did the Concordat resolve the crisis over Catholicism in France in the Napoleonic era?
The Catholic Church gained the right to practice religion freely.
What causes the French Revolution?
The King's inability to fix France's financial situation.
Montesquieu wrote which two books?
The Persian Letters and The Spirit of the Laws.
What is the heart of an enlightenment thinker?
The role of philosophy is to change the world, not just talk about it
Which statement best characterizes the Glorious Revolution 1688-1689 in England?
The revolution did not constitute a democratic revolution because sovereignty was placed in Parliament, which only represented the upper classes.
Which factor caused the pattern of late marriage in early modern Europe?
The tendency of waiting to marry until after economic independence
The raucous public rituals in which young men in a village would publicly humiliated a couple or individual who had committed adultery or abuse served which purpose?
To regulate personal behavior and maintain community standards
During the second Phase of the 30 Years War the Catholics had two very big generals. Who were they?
Wallenstein and Tilly
The officer Napoleon fires on the people with a ___________
Whiff of Grapeshot
Cahiers de doleances are what?
all the issues that the estates wanted dealt with
Until at least 1750, the practice of late marriage did not lead to a large number of illegitimate children because
of community pressure on a couple to marry when the woman became pregnant
The dissolution of the Jesuit order in 1773 was a striking indication of the
power of the state over the church
Catherine the Great's goal of domestic reform never came to fruition because of
the rebellion led by Emelian Pugachev in 1773