Absolutism Review

Theory that justified absolutism by claiming that absolute power came directly from God

• Divine Right

• Enlightened

• Social Contract theory

• Manifest Destiny

This began as a religious war between Protestants and Catholics

• War of the Austrian Succession

• Thirty Years War

• War of the Spanish Succession

• French and Indian War

What granted religious toleration to Huguenots (French Protestants)?

• Edict of Nantes

• Peace of Augsburg

• Peace of Westphalia

• Edict of Versailles

Which of the following is true about France under Louis XIV?

• Heaviest tax burden on the poor

• Constant Warfare

• Both of these

• None of these

Who called himself "the Sun King" & is the best example of absolutism in 17th century Europe?

• Frederick William of Prussia
• Louis XIV of France
• George III of England
• Thomas Hobbes

The Glorious Revolution of 1688 was a turning point in British history because:

• the king was executed , making Parliament the supreme power.
• Catholicism’s became England and Scotland's official religion.
• Puritans gained supreme power throughout the country 
• the English Bill of Rights that limited monarchical authority.

This was a declaration of religious tolerance issued by Henry IV and canceled by Louis XIV.

• Edict of Nantes
• Edict of Milan
• Edict of Reformation
• Edict of Tolerance 

The English Civil War and the execution of Charles I led one political thinker to declare that people could not be trusted to govern themselves. He believed people needed a strong, absolute ruler. Who was he?

• John Locke
• Thomas Hobbes
• Baron de Montesquieu
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

In the economic system known as mercantilism, which of the following is true?

• The weaker colony controls the stronger nation by taking the weaker nation’s raw materials and forcing them into trade.
  
  
• It is a system where trade is done equally by both sides.
• The stronger nation controls the weaker colony by taking the weaker colony’s raw materials and forcing them into trade.
  
  
• This is a system where people are broken up into hunters and gatherers and they perform their given responsibilities

The Puritans gained control of Parliament in this country.

• Spain
• Prussia
• England
• Russia