Chapter 6

Absolutism

Identify:

  1. Louis XIII
  1. Louis XIV
  1. Louis XV
  1. Cardinal Richelieu
  1. Cardinal Mazarin
  1. Jean-Baptiste Colbert
  1. Frederick III
  1. Frederick William I
  1. Frederick William the Great Elector
  1. Philip IV
  1. Peter the Great
  1. Leopold I
  1. Jacques Bossuet
  1. Ivan the Terrible
  1. Charles VI of Austria
  1. Prince Eugene of Savoy
  1. Anne of Austria
  1. Jean-Baptiste Moliére
  1. Poussin
  1. Jean Racine

Identify the authors and philosophies behind the following texts or events:

  1. Instrument of Government
  1. Treaty of Pyrenees

3.Great Northern War

  1. Peace of Karlowitz
  1. Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
  1. War of Spanish Succession
  1. War of the League of Augsburg
  1. Treaty of Utrecht
  1. Table of Ranks
  1. Pragmatic Sanction

Identify Political Philosophies of the following people:

  1. Thomas Hobbes
  1. James I
  1. Cardinal Richelieu
  1. John Locke
  1. Louis XIV
  1. Cardinal Mazarin
  1. James II
  1. William and Mary
  1. Oliver Cromwell
  1. Louis XIII

Identify the following concepts or events:

  1. Absolutism
  1. “divine right” monarchy
  1. Hohenzollern
  1. Intendants
  1. Versailles
  1. Fronde
  1. Estates General
  1. Totalitarianism
  1. French Classicism
  1. Paulette
  1. Peace of Utrecht
  1. Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
  1. Sovereign
  1. “one king, one law, one faith”
  1. Junkers
  1. “L’état c’est moi”
  1. “windows to the west”
  1. Time of Troubles
  1. Boyars
  1. Taille

Match the following event with the correct date:

1.Table of Ranks 1725

  1. Treaty of Utrecht1648
  2. Revocation of the Edict of Nantes1709
  3. Creation of Great Britain1713
  4. Start of the Fronde1699
  5. Treaty of Nystadt1707
  6. Pragmatic Sanction 1685
  7. Death of Peter the Great1721
  8. Battle of Poltava1722
  9. Peace of Karlitz1713

1695

1701

Essays:

  1. How the Fronde influence the political decisions of Louis XIV?
  1. Discuss the role of Richelieu, Mazarin, and Colbert in the development of an absolute state in France.
  1. Compare and contrast absolutism in eastern and Western Europe.
  1. How did Peter the Great control the boyars and what affect did those concessions have on Russia’s development as a major European power?
  1. How did Frederick William the Great Elector build Brandenburg-Prussia into a major power?
  1. Analyze the role of the monarchy in Austria prior to and after the Pragmatic Sanction.
  1. What was the primary goal of Peter the Great’s foreign policy and how do he set about achieving that goal?
  1. How did the French monarch utilize the Palace of Versailles to maintain control over the French nobility?
  1. Describes the wars of Louis XIV. What was the purpose of those wars and analyze the success or failure of his ventures.
  1. Why did Peter the Great travel to Europe in 1697 and 1698, and what did he see that influenced the development of Russia?
  1. What factors led to the rise of Prussia as a major European power?
  1. Why was Turkey unable to develop at the same rate as other European powers and what did other European nations think of Turkey?
  1. How was the development of absolutism in Eastern Europe differ from absolutism in France?
  1. Why did the Eastern European nations maintain the institution of serfdom and how did that policy retard economic development?
  1. Prussia developed the most militaristic nation in Europe. How and why did they resort to such a policy and which monarchs completely endorsed the militaristic philosophy?
  1. Why did Louis XIV continually resort to war? Using specific conflicts say how successful was he in pursuing such a policy.
  1. Compare and contrast the handling of religious issues by the Stuart monarchs James I and Charles I of England and Louis XIV of France.
  1. Evaluate the reign of Louis XIV of France.
  1. How absolute were the monarchs of France, Austria, and Russia?
  1. How were art, architecture, and music used to embellish absolutism?