AP Euro Absolutism

The English Civil War and Glorious Revolution led to the establishment of ...

• constitutional monarchy
• absolute monarchy
• enlightened monarchy
• democratic monarchy

Over the course of the 18th century, the balance of power shifted TOWARDS which country...

• France
• Britain
• Holy Roman Empire
• Spain

Which advisor to Louis XIII notably identified the nobles as a a threat to the powers of the state?

• Richelieu
• Mazarin
• Bossuet
• Brahe

In Absolutism, authority comes from

• Divine Right of Kings

• the Parliament

• land

• wealth

The ultimate example of the absolute ruler

• Louis XIV

• James I

• Henry VIII

• Peter the Great

Louis XIV kept control of his Nobles by

• moving his nobles to the Palace of Versailles

• letting them govern their lands independently

• giving them freedom to choose their own religion for their lands

• making them pay fair taxes

The finance minister that balanced the French budget, drafted plans to boost manufacturing and keep jobs and purchasing domestically

• Jean Baptiste Colbert

• Cardinal Richelieu

• Louis XIV

• Robespierre

All of the following were ways that Peter the Great tried to westernize Russia except

• building Moscow as the new capitol.

• Building St, Petersburg as the new capitol

• adopting Western clothing and hairstyles

• Expanding the Russian Empire to get a warm water port to trade with the West.

The bloodless overthrow of James II and the establishment of a Constitutional Monarchy in England was the

• Glorious Revolution

• English Civil War

• Spanish Armada invasion

• Act of Surpemacy

The English Bill of Rights did all of the following except

• restricted free speech against the king

• eliminated cruel and unusual punishment

• limited the monarch's power

• established free elections for parliament