Age of Absolutism

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Age of Absolutism

• Chapter 17

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Extending Spanish Power

• Charles V
• King of Spain
• Hapsburg Empire
• Ruling Two Empires
• Constant Warfare

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Map of Hapsburg Empire
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Phillip II

• Absolute Monarch
• Divine Right

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Wars of Phillip II

• Battle of Lepanto
• Defeats the Ottomans
• Battled Protestants in Netherlands
• Northern Provinces Declare Independence
• Queen Elizabeth I
• Spanish Armada

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Spains Golden Age

• siglo de oro
• Golden Century
• 1550-1650
• Phillip II a Patron of the Arts

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Painters in Spain

• El Greco
• The Greek
• Jesus driving the moneychangers from the Temple
• Diego Velazquez
• Las Marinas

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Writers

• Lope de Vega
• 1,500 plays
• Miguel de Cervantes
• Don Quixote

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Economic Decline

• Lack of Strong Leadership
• Economic Problems
• Overseas Wars
• Neglect of Farming and Commerce
• Expulsion of Muslims and Jews
• Soaring Inflation

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France under Louis XIV

• Rebuilding France
• Religious Wars
• Huguenots v. Catholics
• Edict of Nantes
• Henry IV
• Foundations of Royal Absolutism
• Centralized Power
• Bureaucracy

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Louis XIV Strengthens Royal Power

• Henry IV Assassinated
• Louis XIII
• Richelieu
• Letat, cest moi
• I am the State
• Did not call Estates General
• Intendants
• Strongest Army in Europe

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Successes of Louis XIV

• Royal Power
• French Army Strongest in Europe
• Wealthiest State
• Versailles
• Arts Flourished

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Failures of Louis XIV

• Costly Wars
• Rival Rulers Joined Forces
• Persecution of Huguenots
• Revoked Edict of Nantes
• Forced To Flee
• Economic Blow

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Triumph of Parliament in England

• The Tudors
• Divine Right
• Recognized Power of Parliament
• Henry VIII
• When he broke with church, needed to go to
  parliament to get money
• Elizabeth I
• Consulted and controlled parliament

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The Stuarts

• Divine Right
• Clashed with Parliament
• James I
• Dissolved Parliament
• Collected Taxes on his own
• Charles I
• Ignored Petition of Right
• Dissolved Parliament
• Ruled w/o for 11 years

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English Civil War

• Supporters of Charles I-Cavaliers
• Forces of Parliament/Oliver Cromwell-Roundheads
• Charles on Trial
• House of Commons
• Cromwell-Lord Protector
• Charles II

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Glorious Revolution

• James II-Catholic?
• William and Mary
• Bill of Rights
• Limited Monarchy

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Rise of Austria and Prussia
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Protestant North and Catholic South
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Thirty Years War

• Causes
• Rival German Princes
• Religion
• Local conflict turns into a European War

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Results of the Thirty Years War

• The Peace of Westphalia
• Depopulation
• France
• The Hapsburgs
• Germany Divided Again
• The Netherlands and present-day Switzerland

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Peace of Westphalia
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Austria and Prussia

• Austria
• Hapsburgs-HRE
• Uniting the Empire?
• Maria Theresa
• Prussia
• Hohenzollern Family
• Efficient Bureaucracy
• Reduced Nobles Role
• Frederick William I
• Army
• Frederick II

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Maintaining the Balance of Power in Europe

• Austria, Prussia, France, England and Russia
• Two Rivalries
• Prussia battled Austria
• Britain and France

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Europe in 17th century
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Absolute Monarchy in Russia

• Peter the Great
• Westernization
• Boyars
• Western Technology and Culture
• Autocratic Methods
• Spread of Serfdom

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Expansion under Peter

• Warm Water Port
• Baltic Sea
• Treaty with Qing
• Bering Strait

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Map of Russian Territory in Asia
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Map of Berings Voyage
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Catherine the Great

• Czar Peter III-Insane-Assassinated
• Catherine-Wife-Takes over
• Reorganized the Provincial Govt.
• Warm-Water Port
• Partition of Poland