POL-LITH
TO THE POWER OF NOBLES
OUT OF THIS COUNTRY KINGS
IT'S ALL THE SEJM
AFTERMATH, WE'LL TAKE THAT!
100
THE PRACTICE OF THIS STARTED IN 1572, FOLLOWING THE END OF THE JAGIELLO DYNASTY
What is THE PRACTICE OF CHOOSING OUTSIDERS AS KINGS?
100
Members of the Sejm met every one of these
What is two years?
100
POLAND BECAME A BATTLEGROUND FOR FOREIGN POWERS, MANY OF WHICH LATER REFERRED TO POLAND AS EASY TO INVADE BUT DIFFICULT TO DO THIS
What is to CONTROL?
200
SHE WAS THE POLISH QUEEN
Who is JADWIGA?
200
KING SIGISMUND III WAS AWARDED THE THRONE, DESPITE ALREADY BEING THE KING OF THIS NATION.
What is SWEDEN?
200
THESE PEOPLE COMPLETELY DOMINATED THE FEW TOWNSPEOPLE AND LAWYERS WHO WERE ALSO MEMBERS
Who are LANDOWNERS
200
DURING THE 18 CENTURY, THESE WERE TWO FACTORS WHICH GREATLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE POPULATION OF POLAND REDUCING TO ROUGHLY 6 MILLION
What are WARS AND THE BUBONIC PLAGUE?
300
SHE WAS THE POLISH QUEEN
Who is JADWIGA?
300
ASSEMBLIES OF NOBLES ELECTED THIS MAN
Who is the KING?
300
SIGISMUND III DREAMED OF CREATING THIS.
What is A VAST POLISH EMPIRE?
300
IN ORDER TO BE ELECTED KING, PROSPECTIVE MONARCHS HAD TO AGREE TO SHARE THIS WITH THE SEJM
What is POWER?
300
BOTH RUSSIA AND THIS NORTHWESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRY ATTEMPTED TO IMPOSE A CANDIDATE TO THE POLISH THRONE
What is FRANCE?
400
HE WAS THE GRAND PRINCE OF LITHUANIA
Who is JAGIELLO?
400
NOBLES CAREFULLY LIMITED THE POWER OF THESE PEOPLE
Who are ROYALS?
400
SIGISMUND III NOT ONLY FAILED TO ACHIEVE HIS GOAL, BUT BY THE END OF THE 17 CENTURY, POLAND BECAME THIS.
What is A WEAK, DECENTRALIZED STATE
400
THE POLISH DIET CREATED DISASTROUS RESULTS DUE TO MOST MEMBERS WANTING TO KEEP CENTRAL AUTHORITY FROM AFFECTING THESE
What are LOCAL INTERESTS?
400
RUSSIA EVENTUALLY FORCED THE ELECTION OF THIS MAN; AFTER HIS DEATH THE SEJM ELECTED PONIATOWSKI AS KING
Who is AUGUSTUS III?
500
THE DYNASTIC UNION RESULTED IN A LARGE LITHUANIAN STATE IN 1386, BUT IT WAS NOT UNTIL THIS YEAR THAT IT BECAME OFFICIAL
What is 1569?
500
THEY KEPT PEASANTRY IN A STATE OF THIS
What is SERFDOM?
500
SIGISMUND III WAS THE POLISH MONARCH FROM THIS YEAR UP UNTIL 1631
What is 1587?
500
A SINGLE ONE OF THESE, ESTABLISHED IN 1652,COULD STOP OR CANCEL A SEJM MEETING
What is a LIBERUM VETO?
500
THESE THREE POWERS, IN COMPETITION, HELPED THEMSELVES TO POLISH LAND
What is AUSTRIA, RUSSIA, AND PRUSSIA?
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