HY 101 Chapter 15

The primary cause of the English Glorious Revolution was

A fear of the establishment of Catholic absolutism by James II

In the seventeenth century, why did rulers hesitate to crush rebellions?

Armies were expensive to deploy and rulers feared creating martyrs

The Baroque style flourished in the context of the

Catholic Reformation

Why did the English government arrive at a crisis situation by 1690?

Charles I attempted to govern without Parliament and financed his government by emergency taxes

In return for financial support, what did Charles II of England secretly promise Louis XIV of France?

English laws against Catholics would be eased and England gradually re-Catholicized

How did Frederick William the Great Elector of Prussia persuade the Junker nobility to accept taxation without consent in order to fund an army?

He confirmed the Junkers privileges, including their authority over the serfs

How did Frederick William I, King of Prussia, sustain agricultural production while dramatically expanding the size of his army?

He ordered all Prussian men to undergo military training after which they could return home and serve as army reservists

How did Archbishop of Canterbury William Laud create conflict in Britain in the 1630s?

He sought to impose the Anglican BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER on Presbyterian Scotland

How did the Peace of Westphalia mark a turning point in European history?

Large scale armed conflicts over religious faith came to an end

How did the Treaty of Utrecht resolve the problems of succession to the Spanish throne?

Louis XIV of France's grandson, Phillip, was placed on the French throne with the agreement that the French and Spanish thrones would never be united

How did famines affect the European population in the 17th century?

Malnutrition made people susceptible to deadly disease, which reduce the population significantly

How did the nature of armed forces change in the latter half of the seventeenth century?

New Techniques for training and deploying soldiers led to a rise in the professional standards of the army.

Women Play all of the following roles in patronage systems except?

Serving on Royal councils

Why did Ivan IV of Russia bind urban merchants and artisans to their towns?

So that he could tax them more heavily

The final collapse of Spain as a great military power was symbolized by the defeat at the Battle of Rocroi and resulting Treaty of

The Pyrenees

Within the Ottoman government, who staffed the top levels of the bureaucracy?

The sultans slave corps

How did the Princes of Moscow seek to legalize their authority as rulers of an independent state?

They modeled their rule on the Mongol Khans

Louis XIV ruled?

Through several councils of the state

The guiding force behind Cardinal Richelieu's domestic policies was?

To strengthen royal control

The plays of Moliere and Racine?

marked the finest achievements in the history of the French Theater

Henry IV of France did all of the following except?

Place Cardinal Richelieu in charge of the French government

When speaking of "moral economy," historians are referring to?

A vision of the world in which community needs predominate over competition and profit

In Eastern Europe between 1500-1650, the growth of commercial agriculture was accompanied by the

Consolidation of serfdom

What was one of the social consequences of Peter the Great's bureaucratic system?

Everyone had to start at the bottom of the system and work their way up.

What was the consequence of Rakoczy's rebellion for Habsburg rule?

Hungary was never fully integrated into a centralized, absolute Habsburg state

Oliver Cromwell's Protectorate is best described as a

Military dictatorship

French foreign policy under Richelieu focused primarily on the

Prevention of the Habsburgs from unifying the territories surrounding France

What mistaken belief did the Count-Duke of Olivares hold that brought disaster to Spain?

Spain must return to the imperial tradition of the 16th century in order to solve it's economic and political difficulties

Which of the following best characterizes the English Revolution of 1688?

The revolution did not constitute a democratic revolution since sovereignty was placed in the Parliament, which only represented the upper classes

How did Peter the Great's westernizing reforms affect the process of marriage?

Young noble men and women were required to attend parties together and could freely choose their own spouses.