People
Chief minister who ran the government for the king in France
Who is Cardinal Richelieu?
Why colonies were important to their mother countries
Colonies provided raw materials.
City west of Paris; royal palace built by Louis XIV
What is Versailles?
Name at least 4 of the characteristics of absolutism.
What is
1. Divine Right
2. Control of nobility/taxation/religion
3. Building a bureaucracy
4. Increase standing professional army
5. Increase size of territory
Russian ruler who took control of nobility, government administration, and the Orthodox Church
Who is Peter I?
Restrictions mother countries put on their colonies
Colonies not sell raw materials or buy manufactured goods from other countries.
Why Louis XIV was called the "Sun King"?
What is Louis XIV wanted everything to revolve around him?
Russian ruler who exiled peasants and added 200,000 square miles to Russian territory.
Who is Catherine II?
What Louis XIV meant when he said "I am the state."?
Who Cardinal Richelieu wanted to make supreme
Who is Louis XIII?
Adopting the cultural, economic, and political systems of Europe.
What is westernize?