chapter 15

The primary cause of the English Glorious Revolution was

a fear of the establishment of Catholic absolutism by James II

The Glorious Revolution and the concept of representative government found its best defense in the "Second Treatise of Civil Government" by

John Locke

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

The sultan's slave corps

(Source Based Question) In primary source 15.3, how does Olearius depict the Russian Government

The tsar of the grand prince rules the land alone, and all the people are his subjects

How did the princes of Moscow seek to legitimize their authority as rulers of an independent state?

They modeled their rule of Mongol khans

The Ottomans divided their subjects into religious communities or

millets

Louis XIV selected councilors from the

newly ennobled or upper middle class.

Typically, French classicism

presented subject matter associated with classical antiquity

In "Two Treatises of Government" John Locke notes that

the government must obtain the consent of the majority for taxes

France's strong economy was created by the mercantilist policies of

Jean-Baptiste Colbert

In music, the baroque style reached its culmination in the work of

Johann Sebastian Bach

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

Army officers became obedient to monarchs instead of serving their own interests

Political power in the Dutch Republic was

Controlled by an oligarchy of wealthy businessmen.

What was the outcome of the heightened central control established by absolutist and constitutional governments

Growth in armed forces

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

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

People of non-noble origin were able to rise to high positions

The junkers were

Prussian nobles who reluctantly worked with Frederick William to consolidate the Prussian state

After his victory in 1709 at Poltava, Peter the Great built a new, Western-style city on the Baltic called

St. Petersburg

Mercantilist theory postulated that

economic activity should be regulated by and for the state