AP European History

Unit 5 Assignment – Absolutism v. Constitutionalism

Unit Readings:

Western Heritage

Chapter 13

Modern European History

Chapters 7 & 8

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Extended-Response Questions - Respond to the following questions in one or more well-written paragraphs. In answering the questions, you must incorporate and highlight all of the terms listed underneath each question. The meaning and significance of each of the terms should be absolutely clear. Party on.

  1. Explain how religion, foreign policy, and fiscal issues (i.e. government finance) drove a rift between the first two Stuart kings (James I & Charles I) and Parliament. (WH pp. 477-485 & MEH pp. 91-96)
  2. James I

    Duke of Buckingham

    Thorough

    Charles I

    Divine right

    Puritans

    "No bishops, no king."

    Power of the Purse

    Episcopal

    Presbyterian

    Gunpowder Plot

    Pro-Spanish Foreign Policy

    Petition of Right

    Ship Money

    William Laud

     

  3. Describe the major events of the English Civil War that brought Oliver Cromwell to power in England. (WH pp. 488-489 & MEH pp. 96-98)
  4. John Pym

    Short Parliament

    Long Parliament

    Grand Remonstrance

    Roundheads

    Cavaliers

    Oliver Cromwell

    New Model Army

    Pride's Purge

    Rump Parliament

    January 30, 1649

     

  5. Describe the rule of Oliver Cromwell, and explain why Englishmen ultimately decided to restore the monarchy in 1660? (WH pp. 488-489; MEH pp. 98-99)

  6. Commonwealth

    Protectorate

    The Restoration

    Charles II

    Lord Protector

     

  7. Explain how religious conflict between the monarchy and Parliament led to the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Why was it considered "glorious"? (WH pp. 489-493; MEH pp. 99-103)
  8. Charles II

    Clarendon Code

    Declaration of Indulgence

    Test Act of 1673

    James II

    Declaration of Liberty of Conscience

    Glorious Revolution

    William & Mary

    Bill of Rights

    Toleration Act

    Act of Settlement

     

  9. Discuss the means by which 17th century French monarchs increased, centralized, and exercised their power over France. (WH pp. 493-499; MEH pp. 106-115)
  10. Henry IV

    Duke of Sully

    Louis XIII

    Richelieu

    Intendants

    Mazarin

    The Fronde

    "L'état, c'est moi"

    Lettres de cachet

    Jacques Bossuet

    Versailles

    "Nobles of the Robe"

     

  11. Discuss the evolution of the religious policy of the French monarchy between 1598-1685. (WH pp. 494-495, 499-500, & 503-505; MEH pp. 108-110 & 114-115)

            Edict of Nantes

            Cardinal Richelieu

            Peace of Alais

            "One King, One Law, One Faith"

            Jansenists

            Gallicanism

            Revocation of the Edict of Nantes

 

     7.        Briefly explain how the powers of Europe united to thwart Louis XIV’s ambitions in the War of the Spanish Succession. (WH pp. 505-508; MEH p. 117)

 

            Balance of Power

            Grand Alliance

            Treaties of Utrecht and Rastadt

 

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