WH Unit 6: Absolutism & Revolution 1550-1850 (PART ONE)

The ruler has complete authority over the government & lives of the people

• Absolute Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Communism

• Limited Monarchy

What was "divine right?"

• A monarch's idea that they were given the right to rule by God, and therefore had supreme authority over all of the people.

• A monarch's idea that they were given the right to rule by God, and therefore it was their responsibility to share wealth with t

• An expression where monarchs said that ruling was just "simply divine, and right." AKA "It's good to be the king."

• Authority to rule, granted by the pope.

Which of the following is true of the rule of Philip II in Spain.

• The Armada successfully defeated Queen Elizabeth's fleet.

• The Armada successfully defeated the Ottoman Fleet.

• He lived in seclusion in Escorial, with no hobbies.

• He fought constant uprisings of Protestants in the Netherlands

• Philip II was NOT an absolute monarch.

What angered Philip so much about Queen Elizabeth? Choose all that apply.

• She was a Protestant.

• She was a Catholic.

• She knighted the pirate, Sir Francis Drake.

• She refused to support his Protestant allies in the Netherlands.

• She supported the Dutch Protestants rising against Philip.

Why did the English fleet defeat the Spanish Armada in 1588?

• The English fleet was massive; the ships were twice the size of the Spanish ships.

• The English fleet did not defeat the Spanish Armada. This is a trick question.

• The English channel was rough sailing, and the smaller English ships were more maneuverable than the large Spanish ships.

• Captain Hector Barbossa made daring attacks on the Spainish Fleet.

Reasons for the decline of Hapsburg-controlled Spain after Philip II:

• inbreeding

• inflation

• lack of focus on local industry & agriculture

• the slave trade

• spent all the royal money on sugar

In 1572, while Hugenot & Catholic nobles were gathered for a wedding, 3000 Huguenots were killed by Catholic mob violence.

• St. Valentines Day Massacre

• St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre

• Red Wedding

• French Revolution

How did Henry IV, the first Bourbon ruler, re-establish order in France?

• Despite being a Catholic, he converted to Protestantism to appease the Huguenots.

• Despite being a Huguenot, he converted to Catholicism because France was mostly Catholic.

• He stopped the St. Batholemew's Day Massacre with military force.

• He introduced limited monarchy to France, giving the Estates General more say-so.

Cardinal Richelieu is most notable for:

• Expanding the power of the Catholic Church in Europe.

• Being a tolerant Catholic in a period of chaos with the Protestant Huguenots.

• Expanding royal power as chief minister to a young French king.

• Diminishing royal power as chief minister to a young French king.

"I am the State!"----To whom is this quote attributed?

• Chancellor Palpatine

• Louis XIV

• Philip II

• Peter the Great