Unit III Study Guide - State Building and The Enlightenment
Chapter 15 - State Building
People
Elector Frederick V
Adolphus, Gustavus
HRE Ferdinand
Louis XIV
Cardinal Richelieu
Cardinal Mazarin
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
the Hohenzollerns
Ivan IV
Peter the Great
the Romanovs
William III of Orange
the Stuarts of England
Puritans
Oliver Cromwell
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
El Greco
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Peter Paul Rubens
Rembrandt van Rijn
William Shakespeare
Time
Periods/Events/Locations
Terms
Thirty Years’ War (4 phases)
Peace of Westphalia
Versailles
Edict of Fontainebleau
War of Spanish Succession
Peace of Utrecht
Brandenburg-Prussia
Treaty of Karlowitz
Saint Petersburg
Amsterdam
English Civil War
the Restoration
Glorious Revolution
Edict of Nantes
Absolutism
"divine right"
Russian serfdom
Mannerism
Baroque Art
French
Classicism
Dutch Realism
Focus Questions
-What economic, social, and political crises did Europe experience in the first half of the 17th century?
-What does the witchcraft craze tell us about European society in the 16th & 17th centuries?
-What was absolutism in theory, and how did its actual practice in France reflect or differ from that
theory?
-What did Louis XIV hope to accomplish in his domestic and foreign policies? To what extent did he
succeed?
-What developments enabled Brandenburg-Prussia, Austria, and Russia to emerge as major powers
in the 17th century?
-What role did the nobility play in Poland and England?
-What were the main issues in the struggle between king and Parliament in 17th century England,
and how were they resolved?
-How did artistic and literary achievements of this era reflect the political and economic developments
of the period?
Ch. 17 – The Enlightenment
People
Time Periods/ Events/Locations
Terms
Kant, Immanuel
Philosophe
Montesquieu
Voltaire
Diderot, Denis
Hume, David
Smith, Adam
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
Wollstonecraft, Mary
salon
Enlightenment
“noble savage”
Deism
Encyclopedia
Laissez-faire
Rococo
Neoclassicism
Baroque music
High culture
popular culture
pogroms
Focus Questions
-What intellectual developments led to the emergence of the Enlightenment?
-Who were the leading figures of the Enlightenment, and what were their main contributions?
-In what type of social environment did the philosophes thrive, and what role did women play in that
environment?
-What contributions did Montesquieu, Voltaire, Diderot, and Rousseasu make to the Enlightenment?
What did have in common? How did they differ?
-What innovations in art, music, and literature occurred in the 18th century?
-How did popular culture differ from high culture in the 18th century? How was popular culture
expressed in the 18th century?
-How did popular religion differ from institutional religion in the 18th century? How do you explain the
continuing growth of popular religious devotion?