👑 Absolutism
This king said “L’État, c’est moi.”
Who is Louis XIV?
BONUS (100): What does this quote mean in English?
This 1689 document limited the English monarch’s powers.
What is the English Bill of Rights?
This event marked a shift from religious to political warfare in Europe.
What is the Peace of Westphalia?
This republic was Europe’s leading commercial and financial power in the 1600s.
What is the Dutch Republic?
BONUS (100): Name any single Dutch person from any time in human history.
France and Russia followed this style of rule.
What is absolutism?
Peter the Great made this city the capital of Russia
What is St. Petersburg?
This war resulted in the execution of Charles I.
What is the English Civil War?
This war was fought to prevent French and Spanish dynastic unification.
What is the War of Spanish Succession?
This city became the leading banking and trade hub during the Dutch Golden Age.
What is Amsterdam?
This country developed a constitutional monarchy after 1688.
What is England?
This czar westernized Russia and established the Table of Ranks.
Who is Peter the Great?
Parliament invited this royal couple during the Glorious Revolution.
Who are William (of Orange) and Mary?
BONUS (200): What is the other name of the Glorious Revolution?
This battle halted Ottoman expansion into Europe.
What is the Battle of Vienna?
This company dominated global trade and helped the Dutch build a maritime empire.
What is the Dutch East India Company (VOC)?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
This Dutch system of government concentrated power in the hands of merchants.
What is an oligarchy?
This French finance minister promoted mercantilist policies.
Who is Jean-Baptiste Colbert?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
This act during the reign of Charles I required Parliament to meet for at least 50 days every three years
What is the Triennial Act?
This treaty ended the War of Spanish Succession.
What is the Treaty of Utrecht?
This 1648 treaty formally recognized the independence of the Dutch Republic from Spain.
What is the Peace of Westphalia?
This system allowed monarchs to centralize control in France.
What is the intendant system?
This rebellion of nobles convinced France it needed a strong monarchy.
What is the Fronde?
This English ruler turned England into an effective military dictatorship.
Who is Oliver Cromwell?
This 1772 event erased a country from the map and divided its territory among Austria, Prussia, and Russia.
What is the Partition of Poland?
This governing body represented the Dutch provinces.
What is the States General?
Louis the XIV revoked this law granting religious liberty to French protestants.
What is the Edict of Nantes?