The King
Three Estates
Europe 16th/17th century
Random Facts: Versailles
Economy
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What is the name of the king of France during Absolutism?
Louis the 14th
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Three types of people in the third estate!
farmers, skilled workers or unskilled workers, migrant workers, the bourgeoisie
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What do we call the right to rule that came directly from the gods?
Divine Right
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How many toilets did Versailles have?
2
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What is the name of the economic system?
Mercantilism
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A different name for Ludwig:
Emperor of the sun
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The three estates:
Clergy, Nobility and Peasants
200
Holy Roman Empire
200
What is the name of his castle?
Versailles
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What are the factories called during Absolutism?
manufactories
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Famous sentence of the king in French.
L’état c'est moi
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Term to describe the estate system from todays perspective
Social inequality
300
Luther of Switzerland was called
Calvin
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Which art periode is important during Louis XIV reign with a B?
Baroque
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Had high taxes when imported
finished products
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Name four of the five functions an absolute ruler had!
400
Caricature: The third estates has to do all the hard labour while the other two just laze around and profit off of his back.
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Name two protestant and two catholic powers during the thirty year war:
Catholic: Austria & Spain
Protestant: Denmark & Sweden
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Three typical characterisitics of architecture in Versaile
Symmetry, pomp, pastelle colours, ...
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The name of the finance minister of France?
Colbert
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Which animal was used to make the coat of Ludwig XIV?
Hermelin
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What did the farmers have to give to the Clergy?
The Tenth
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How did the thirty years war end?
with the Peace of Westphalia
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The name of a room in Versaille where guest were welcomed?
The mirror room
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Latin word where Mercantilism comes from
Mercator = merchant