Euro Test
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36 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Habeas Corpus Act | (1679) To be heard in front of a judge at a specific time, you can defend yourself at court, protects against false imprisonment |
| Bill of Rights | (1689) talks to king, takes away most power |
| Act of Toleration | (1689) tolerates free worship, may not hold public office, Catholic/Jews still under strict restrictions |
| Act of Settlement | (1701) Kept Catholics from English throne, made sure only a Protestant can take the throne |
| Act of Union | (1707) United England and Scotland, abolishes Scotland's parliament, removed trade barriers, increased education (Scotland) |
| Mercantilism | secure an accumulation of bullion, a favorable balance of trade (more exports than imports), development of agriculture and manufactures, establishment of foreign trading monopolies |
| Middle Passage | from Africa to the Caribbeans or USA |
| Triangular Trade | From West Africa to USA to England. West Africa gives slaves to USA, USA gives sugar tobacco and cotton to England, England gives textlies rum goods to Africa. |
| Joint Stock Company | they get different imports/exports from all over |
| Absolutism | stability, prosperity, and order |
| Four Areas You Want to Control | armed forces (not going to have much civil uprising, be able to expand empire), legal system (can control armed forces), financial resources (can control whatever), and allegiance to yourself |
| How to Control (Upper Class) | "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer." (Move to Versailles.) "It's not who your country could do for you, but what you can do for your country." (Lifelong serv. in govt.) "If you can't beat them, buy them." (Catherine gave land to get power over Russia.) "Who's your daddy?" (Joseph II took over nobility.) |
| How to Control (Autonomous Areas) | "I've got my eye on you." - King Louis XIV. Ruled over 36 sections. "Let's get it on." - Charles II. "I'm bigger than you." - Prussia. "Modus Vivendi" - lifestyle of living. |
| Glorious Revolution | No bled shed, king and Parliament ruled together, and Protestants defeat Catholics. |
| Thomas Hobbes | Says it's people's nature to be in anarchy. Life is violent. To solve this, people choose a ruler and give all their rights to have one. |
| John Locke | people only have to give some rights. His ideas were: freedom and equality, natural rights (life, liberty and property), consequences will come up, people gave up power to community, if a ruler becomes a dictator than impeach him |
| Peter I | brought Westernization into Russia, created Table of Ranks, he found St. Petersburg, kicked out patriarchs in churches, came up with Holy Synod that made the church a department of the state |
| Catherine the Great | expanded Russia's borders dramatically, caused Poland to end its independency after she joined Prussia and Austria in a civil war |
| Charles II | Ruled Scotland, Ireland, and England, had many mistresses, was Anglican but allowed some religious toleration, wanted James II to come next but people disagreed since he wasn't his son |
| Tories | Irish for Catholic outlaw, not actually Catholic. derogatory term. they were people who supported the hereditary right of James. Protestants. |
| Whigs | Means horse thieves. Not actually Presbyterian. Another derogatory term. Wanted a Stronger Parliament and an anti-catholic ruler. Protestants. |
| James II | Catholic, removed by Parliament. One of Charle's actual sons came and tried to remove James but ended up being executed. Promoted religious toleration. Allowed non-Anglicans to rule which angered Anglicans. James has two Protestant daughters. Has a son, Tories are angry. Parliament lies saying the son isn't his. He flees |
| George I | From Germany. Can't speak English. Had Parliament translate. |
| Robert Walpole | leader of Whigs, able to win over king and Parliament., Prime minister of Great Britain in the first half of the 1700s. His position towards the colonies was salutary neglect. |
| War of Austrian Succession | Britain and Austria VS. France and Prussia. Fredrick II of Prussia attacked Maria Theresa of Austria. He wanted Silesia. He said it rightfully belongs to him. Prussia wins, Fredrick keeps Silesia. |
| The Seven Years' War | Britain and Prussia VS. France and Austria. War was over Silesia again. Fredrick II wins, Silesia was never back to Austria. Wars had huge affects on Prussia's economy and military. |
| Maria Theresa | Leader of Austria and was attacked by Fredrick of Prussia for Silesia. After Silesia was lost, Theresa quickly went into state building and to pay for her reform, she overhauled the state's tax structure. She created schools for soldiers to be trained. Her ideas were put to the test and failed. She also taxed Catholic Church. |
| Fredrick II | King of Prussia who attacked Maria Theresa for Silesia and succeeded. |
| Joseph II | Determined to strengthen Austria. Abolished serfdom, rents and uncompensated work obligations peasants owed their landlords, replacing them with a single cash payment. He made peasants keep only 70% of income, and rest goes to landlords. People rebelled and he died. |
| Why did England increase in population? | Bubonic plague was gone, changing patterns of warfare, and improvements in diets that encouraged population growth. |
| Louis XIV | king who kept all workers in Versailles to keep an eye on them. Believed he ruled in divine right. Famous for politeness and manners. Versaille's symbol was Apollo, so he was known as the "Sun King". |
| Dutch War | Louis orders generals to invade. Dutch chief executive, William, broke dikes that protected his low country-side and flooded it. Neither side could defeat each other so they signed a peace treaty. |
| Jean-Baptise Colbert | gave Louis XIV the idea of mercantilism. |
| War of the League of Augsburg | Louis refused to declare war on Turks when they besieged Vienna. He went against Austria and DUtch joined. Louis conquered some frontiers but had financial issues. Little Ice Age happened and one million people died. |
| War of Spanish Succession | After Charles II died, possessions were given out. They were given to either Austrian Habsburgs or French Bourbons. It went to the Bourbons but Habsburgs disputed and went to war. This further shattered King Louis XIV's finances and crop failures. |
| Treaty of Utrecht | Treaty signed that ended the War of Spanish Succession. |
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