Leaders Leading
This French King is often looked at as the prime example of an absolute monarch.
Who is Louis the XIV?
This series of global wars between France and England, resulted in England cementing itself as a world power and France becoming economically crippled.
What is the Seven Years War/Great War for Empire?
(French and Indian War is one of these conflicts, not a correct answer).
Who is Martin Luther?
An early 1900s term used to describe the development of large armies and powerful military technologies.
What is Militarism?
This series of wars led to the ascendancy of the Bourbons in France.
What is the War of the Three Henry's
His groundbreaking work on the heliocentric model went unpublished until his death.
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
Martin Luther became angry due to this practice that involved the right for one to purchase salvation.
What is the selling of indulgences?
Robespierre's political party supported the idea that he should treat counterrevolutionaries with terror.
Who are the Jacobins?
These Public Schools were established by Napoleon, one of his many liberal reforms.
What are Lycees?
This war led to the breakdown of the Concert of Europe and blocked Russian domination of the black sea.
What is the Crimean War?
Locke advocated for life, liberty and property, which he called this.
What is natural rights?
He was the founder of the Jesuits and the namesake for a school that has had over 8 NCAA tournament appearances.
Who is Ignatius of Loyola
In contrast to absolutism, this country experienced an explosion of trade and culture after becoming a republic in the late 1500s.
What is The Netherlands/Dutch Republic?
This treaty ended the 30 Years War.
What is the Treaty of Westphalia?
The American Revolution was inspired by which Enlightenment thinkers (must name two for points)
Who are Voltaire, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Charles Montesquieu, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
He was elected president as a result of the only successful 1848 revolution.
Who is Louis Napoleon?/Napoleon the III
This political adviser to Louis XIV worked as minister of finance to strengthen France's economy and influence overseas.
Who is Colbert?
When all was said and done, he became the GLORIOUS king of England in 1689.
Who is William the III (William of Orange)?
This 1800s philosophy holds that knowledge should be based on observable, empirical evidence rather than metaphysical speculation.
What is positivism?
This provided a legal basis for the existence of Lutheranism in the Holy Roman Empire.
What is the Peace of Augsburg (1555)?
This British group of the 1830s and 1840s called for universal male suffrage.
Who are the Chartists?