1. How did Absolutism differ from Feudalism?
2. How did Absolutism differ from Constitutional Monarchy?
3. What were Richelieu's accomplishments?
4. Why did Louis XIV build
the palace at Versailles, and how
did he make use of it?
5. Define mercantilism. What were Colbert's polisies?
6. What were Louis XIV's
internal policies? What were his
foreign policy goals?
7. What was the impact
of Louis XIV's wars on the French
economy and on the people?
8. Who were the Puritans
and why were they in conflict with
the Stuarts?
9. What were the causes of the English Civil War?
10. How were the English
able to establish a Constitutional
Monarchy?
11. How was the Great Elector able to increase his power?
12. Why did Prussia develop a tradition of militarism?
13. Peter the Great is
often viewed as a reformer. Would you
agree? Was he successful?
Ch. 17 Chapter Objectives / Review Questions
1. What were the contributions
of Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler,
Galileo, and Newton?
2. How did new scientific theories effect religious belief?
3.
James I and the Doctrine of the Divine Right of Kings
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