Best thing since sliced bread: English Constitutionalism
Were supporters of the monarchy during the English Revolution that took place during the reign of Charles I
Who are the Cavaliers?
The French ruler who declared "I am the State"
Who is Louis XIV?
The Prussian nobility whose power was undermined by the establishment of a centralized government under Frederick William the Great Elector
Who are Junkers?
Mercantilism is an economic philosophy which holds that governments should control the economy in order to maximize exports and to accumulate ______________________.
What are precious metals?
Wrote On the Revolution of the Heavenly Spheres
Who is Nicholas Copernicus?
Declared himself "Lord Protector" of England and instituted a Presbyterian order to replace the Anglican order
Who is Oliver Cromwell?
The rebellion that took place directly before the reign of Louis XIV which convinced the French citizens that the reign of one monarch was better than the rule of many
What is the Fronde?
He is the Father of the Russian Navy.
Who is Peter the Great?
The King of Bohemia
Who is Maria Theresa?
Believed in a geocentric model but found lots of evidence for the heliocentric model.
Who is Tycho Brahe?
An English Philosopher who argued that an absolute government was necessary to restrain man’s violent self-interest
Who is Hobbes?
A French politique who promoted the glory of French nationalism by allying with Sweden in hopes of undercutting the power of the Hapsburg dynasty.
Who is Cardinal Richelieu?
The group of especially tall soldiers recruited for the army of Frederick William I.
What are the Potsdam Giants?
Mercantilism advocates for a higher percent of __________ over imports
What are exports?
He tried said that it was best to believe in God because of the infinite gains one would receive.
Who is Blaise Paschal?
Was a Catholic monarch who repealed the Test Act and wrote the Second Declaration of Indulgence
Who is James II?
The advisor who the queen mother turned to at the beginning of the reign of Louis XIV since her son was a young child.
Who is Cardinal Mazarin?
The piece of land that Prussia took and kept from Austria at the end of the Seven Years' War.
What is Silesia?
The piece of Land that Frederick II invaded and began the Third Silesian War
What is Saxony?
This ideology was advocated for by Francis Bacon and consisted of the use of experiment and observation derived from sensory evidence to construct scientific theory or philosophy of knowledge. (NOT a method)
What is Empiricism?
The name of the Dynastic family that replaces the Stuart family as the ruling family in England
Who are the Hanovers?
At the end of the Spanish War of Succession, what piece of land did the Treaty of Utrecht give to Great Britain from Spain?
What is Gibraltar?
He was the Soldatenkonig and established Kabinett government.
Who is Frederick William I?
The Frenchman who promoted Mercantilism
Who is Jean-Baptiste Colbert?
He was highly suspicious of the senses and doubted everything but the ability of reason to understand truth
Who is Rene Descartes?