AP European History
Absolutism and Constitutionalism
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Oliver Cromwell (England)
English Test Act (1673)
England’s Glorious Revolution
James I (England)
Charles I (England)
Charles II (of England)
James II (England)
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Louis XIII (France)
Louis XIV (France)
Fronde
Cardinal Mazarin (France)
Canal des Deux Mers
Jean-Baptiste Colbert (France)
mercantilism
Navigation Act
paulette (tax: France)
Cardinal Richelieu (France)
Peace of Utrecht
War of the Spanish Succession
Boyars (Russia)
Charles VI (Hapsburg: Austria)
Charles XII of Sweden
Cossacks (Russia)
Frederick William, Great Elector (Prussia)
27. (Elector) Frederick III who becomes
King Frederick I “the Ostentatious”
28. Frederick William I – The Soldier King
29. Great Northern War (1700-1712)
30. Hohenzollern Family (Prussia)
31. Holy Synod
32. Ivan IV (the Terrible)
33. The Janissaries (Ottoman)
34. Junkers
35. Leopold I (Austria)
36. Patriarch Nikon (Russia)
37. Peace of Nystad – 1721
38. Peter the Great
39. Battle of Poltava
40. Pragmatic Sanction – 1713
41. Francis Rakoczy (Rakoczi) (Hungary)
42. Michael Romanov
43. nobility: “of the sword” & “of the robe”
44. Siege of Vienna – 1683
45. soul tax
46. St. Petersburg
47. Stenka Razin
48. Streltsy Rebellion
49. Table of Ranks
50. “Third Rome” (Moscow)
1. Louis XIV declared his goal was “one king, one law, one faith.” Analyze the methods the king used to
achieve this objective and discuss the extent to which he was successful.
2. Why did the English king and Parliament come into conflict in the 1640’s? Does one of these parties bear
more responsibility than the other for the war that broke out? What role did religion play in the struggle?
3. In what ways and to what extent did absolutism affect the power and status of the European nobility in the
period 1650 to 1750? Use examples from at least TWO countries.