England
A type of government where the King's powers are limited.
What is a Constitutional monarchy?
The way that Louis XIV kept absolute power.
What is the power of Versailles?
This Prussian ruler modernized the Prussian state.
Who is Frederick Wiliam the Great Elector?
Founded in 1602, this Dutch company was pivotal in establishing trade routes and colonies in Asia during the 17th century.
What is the Dutch East India Company (VOC)?
This English scientist who formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation, laying the groundwork for classical mechanics.
Who is Isaac Newton?
The four phases of the English Civil War.
What are the English Civil War (Regicide), Interregnum (Commonwealth, Republic, Puritan Republic, Dictatorship of Oliver Cromwell), Restoration of the Stuart Monarchy, and the Glorious Revolution?
The type of economic policy that Jean Baptiste Colbert implemented.
What is Mercantilism?
The ruling house of Prussia.
What is the House of Hohenzollern?
During the 17th century, the Netherlands experienced a period of economic, cultural, and artistic flourishing known as what?
What is the Dutch Golden Age?
This Polish astronomer formulated a heliocentric model of the universe, challenging the geocentric view predominant in his time.
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
The causes of the English Civil War.
What are the conflicts between the King and Parliament and religious conflict with the Anglican Church?
The title of the religious law put in place by Louis XIV.
What is the Edict of Fountainbleu?
The size the Prussian army grew by under Frederick the Great Elector.
What is 40,000 men?
This fueled wars of commerce and protective trade regulations for the Dutch.
What is competition?
This French philosopher and mathematician famously declared "Cogito, ergo sum" ("I think, therefore I am") and contributed to the development of Cartesian dualism.
Who is René Descartes?
The document that defined the rights of Parliament as inalienable, condemned arbitrary arrest, and provided safeguards against arbitrary arrest and taxation.
What is the Petition of Right?
The treaty that ended the Spanish War of Succession.
What is the Treaty of Utrecht?
The Prussian nobles that were given royal privileges in exchange for funds to build the Prussian army.
Who are the Junkers?
One idea that led to the Dutch decline.
What is loss of shipbuilding to the British, trade wars, and/or economically too weak to challenge their rivals?
This Italian astronomer improved the telescope and made numerous astronomical observations, including the discovery of Jupiter's moons.
Who is Galileo Galilei?
The political parties that resulted from Charles II's rule alongside Parliament.
What are the Whigs and Tories?
The Series of rebellions by the French nobility between 1649 & 1652 against royal authority in France during the rule of Cardinal Mazarin.
What is The Fronde?
The body that collected all taxes.
What is the German War Commissariat?
The Dutch Republic during the 17th century was notable for its unique political system, characterized by the absence of a monarch. It was governed by this representative body.
What is the States General (Staten-Generaal)?
This German mathematician and philosopher, known for his work in calculus, made significant contributions to the development of modern philosophy and is often regarded as one of the central figures of the Scientific Revolution.
Who is Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz?