Quiz 4.4 (2)

"L'etat, c'est moi!" Are words that May or may not actually have been spoken but nonetheless conveyed on the part of the speaker which one of the following views?

"Absolutism is the most effective and efficient way to govern a nation, and also God through divine right has appointed the ruler."

Jean Baptiste Colbert would have supported which one of the following statements?

"Our national policy must be one of seeking a favorable balance of trade so that we might accrue bu

Newfoundland, Nova Scotia

A French territory lost to the English

The French terms, "raison d'etat" and "L'etat, c'est moi!" Best summed up the reality of which political philosophy?

Absolutism

One of the chief ideas stemming from the classic work entitled Leviathan, was

Absolutism offers the best approach for governing, given the nature of humans in the "state of nature"

William and Mary

Agreed to and signed 1688 Bill of Rights

Which was the most open (to religious differences) city in Europe in the 1600s- 1700s?

Amsterdam

Mazarin

Chief minister for Louis XIV until the King reached adulthood

Cardinal Richelieu established a place in history for himself by reaching which important position in France?

Chief minister of government in the reign of King Louis XIII

What was the primary role that Oliver Cromwell played during the English Civil War from 1642-1649 as professor weber and the textbook note?

Commander of the New Model Army

Jacques Bossuet

Defended absolutism in his Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture

All of the following are illustrations of the so-called principle of raison d'etat, that is doing things that are justified as being good for the state while contradicting certain principles, except for

Establishing the policy of mercantilism

Charles I

Forced off throne by English Civil War (Puritan rebellion)

As Professor Weber notes, Jean Baptiste Colbert's ideas sometimes are called "Colbertism". Which one of the following especially characterized Colbertism?

Government control over economics

King Louis lead France into four major wars during his reign. Which one of the following was true of those wars?

He managed to place his relatives on the throne of Spain as a result of the last war but was not able to combine the resources of France and Spain

Which one of the following statements best describes Richelieu's attitude towards the Huguenot's?

He wanted their political and military powers curbed but permitted them freedom to worship as they chose

"I was the first king of the Bourbon dynasty; I was a popular ruler though I must admit that much of the success of my politics was owing to skills of my chief minister,Duc de Sully; I was a politique, and I died from assassination" describes

Henry IV

Duc de Sully

Henry IV's highly capable chief minister

What was the major reason for King Charles I's being executed in 1649, as Professor Weber and the textbook note?

His apparent grasp for absolute power, as in ruling without Parliament for 11 years and enacting taxes without parliamentary approval

All of the following were true of Peter the Great except

His attempts to westernize Russia met with widespread support in his homeland

Which one of the following was the major reason for English King James II's difficulties?

His faith (Roman Catholicism) and his politics (absolutism)

What was primarily accomplished by the glorious Revolution of 1688-89 as Professor Weber and the textbook note?

Increased constitutionalism

The Baroque style of painting and architecture was especially characterized by which of the following?

Intricate decoration, a feeling of movement and drama, and unusual colors

All of the following were true of the English restoration of 1660 except

It granted increased powers to the Rump Parliament and strengthened the position of Puritanism in England

All of the following were true of Amsterdam in the late 1600s except

It was among Europe's least religiously tolerant areas

Which one of the following especially characterized the Baroque style according to Professor weber?

It's intricate decoration, movement, drama, and unusual colors

All of the following were true of the Netherlands in the late 1600s to early 1700s except

Its wealth was derived from having a highly productive gold mines and highly profitable plantation-like farms

"I authorized a new translation of scriptures, wrote a book advocating absolutist monarchical rule, and was the first of my family and therefore dynasty to rule my adopted nation" describes whom?

James I

Which one of the following English leaders suffered trial and execution in 1649 as a result of the English Civil War?

King Charles I

Which of the following was the least politically astute, least capable and least involved leader of his country?

King Louis XIII

Queen Anne

Last Stuart monarch; last English monarch to veto Parliamentary legislation

Fouquet

Loius XIV's first finance minister who's estate, Vaux-le-Vicomte, Louis confiscated

In the 1500s and 1600s, France was ruled by various powerful individuals of the absolutist persuasion. Which of the following was the LEAST absolutist in practice if not in theory?

Louis XIII

Richelieu

Louis XIII's crafty chief minister

Under which one of the following rulers did France experience that the epitome of absolutism?

Louis XIV

Colbert

Louis XIV's most capable Minister of finance

Blenheim

Major battle, French lost

James II

Monarch who was forced off thrown by 1688 Glorious Revolution

Toleration Act

Parliament legalized worship in some churches other than the Church of England

Triennial Act

Parliament require King to call it into session at least once each three years

Protectorate

Provided for government by one executive during period of 1653 -1658

Ship money

Provided tax revenues that King Charles I levied on his own as a way of getting around the necessity of Parliament's approval of taxes

All of the following were among Peter the Great's attempt to change life in Russia except

Replacing the Orthodox faith with Roman Catholicism and Protestantism

Utrecht

Site of and name of treaty that ended the war

Gibraltar

Spanish area lost to the English

Borbon

Spanish branch of French dynasty that succeeded to throne and ruled Spain after the war

Intendant

Special agent sent to carry out kings will in French areas remote from Paris

Bill of Rights

Spelled out powers and limits of powers on the English monarchy

What did the phrase, "no bishops, no king" imply?

That King James I would not concede to the Puritans wish to dismantle the episcopate (bishopric) system of church government in exchange for a more Presbyterian form of government

What was the essential idea that the author of True Love of Free Monarchy was trying to get across?

That Kings should not have to answer to those whom they govern

What view did John Locke support in his Two Treaties of Government as professor weber and the textbook note?

That individuals have rights, including the right to change a government that abuses the people being governed

The political trend in many European nations by the 1500s and 1600s was what scholars called absolutism. What did absolutism essentially mean?

That the government would be one of divine right rule by monarchs who would have practically unlimited power

Charles II

The "Merry Monarch"; Carolinas established as colonies during his reign

Revoking the Edict of Nantes in 1685 was a prime example of which of the following?

The king exercising absolutists power

All of the following were true of the Palais du Versailles except

The king was so privacy oriented that he forbade the Nobles to live at or near Versailles or to come to his palace except only on special invitation for special occasions

What was Poland's liberum veto, most unusual among all European nations?

The right of any one member of the Sejm in effect to veto decisions of the entire body

Which one of the following accurately suggests what King Charles I and Oliver Cromwell had in common in terms of how they governed England?

They both governed the nation at times in an autocratic, absolutist manner

Which one of the following did French King Louis XIV have in common with Russian Tsar Peter the Great?

They both were absolutists

In 1776, how did Thomas Jefferson use Lockean views and philosophy?

To fling it into English faces, as it were, as justification for the American revolution against so-called English monarchy abuses of the rights of Englishmen in America

Despite fits and starts such as the Puritan and Glorious Revolution's, what was the overall political trend in England during the 1600s?

Towards constitutionalism

Fronde

Uprising by nobles against central authority during Mazarin's first years in power

Levee

Versallies ceremony of the Kings arising

Coucher

Versallies ceremony of the king's "going to bed"

Among the following English rulers, which was the least absolutist?

William and Mary