Unit 4 Study Guide 2016

Answer the following on a SEPARATE sheet of paper. Answers may NOT be typed.

PART ONE: Answer the BOLD questions PLUS two more for 1-20. Complete the first chart on pg 3. Use the Princeton Review Book for answers. Due ______.

PART TWO: Answer the BOLD questions PLUS two more for 21-36. Complete the second chart on pg 3. The Princeton Review Book and Mr. Richey videos can be used for answers. Due ______.

1. Summarize the paragraph on pg. 433 about Religious Violence. Who are the Hapsburgs? The Valois?

2. Who are Huguenots? Who is the famous French Queen discussed? Describe St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, its origin, and its impact. [Mr. Richey’s French Wars of Religions video]

3. Define politique and give an example. Who is Henry of Navarre? What is his region and why is his religion important?

4. What is the Edict of Nantes? Explain what it did in your own words.

5. Compare maps on pgs. 421 & 484 on the HRE during and after Charles V.

6. Briefly explain The Fronde. Who are the Fronduers? Why did the nobles chose this particular time in history to challenge the authority of the king?

7. Explain how Louis XIV shows his political genius.

8. What artistic style is used when designing the palace of Versailles?

9. How much of the tax revenues went towards Versailles under Louis XIV and Louis XVI? How does this affect the people? (Princeton Review)

10. What are Louis XIV’s policies towards Christianity? (summarize) (Princeton Review Book)

11. Summarize Louis XV’s rule. Be sure to include his relationship with the Estates-General, Parlement, the people and major historical events.

12. Summarize Louis XVI’s rule. Include his relationship with Estates-General, Parlement, the people and major historical events.

13. What does the Petition of Right grant?

14. Describe the Parliament of 1629.

15. How does William Laud enforce the King’s policies on religion?

16. What is the Grand Remonstrance? 17. Who are the Cavaliers? The Roundheads?

18. What happens when Charles I tries to arrest Sir John Hotham?

19. During the (English) Restoration, what happens to absolute monarchy?

20. What is the Convention Parliament (1660)?

21. What happens to Puritan ideas during the Clarendon Code?

22. What’s the Glorious Revolution?

23. What ideas are protected under the English Bill of Rights?

24. After the Glorious Revolution, who controls the finances of the country?

25. What house (last name) does King George III belong to? (he’s the American Revolution king)

26. Describe the relationship of England and Scotland in the Eighteenth-Century.

27. Describe the importance of Culloden in April 1746.

28. What is the Treaty of Pyrenees? Explain its importance politically as well.

29. What family does Marie Antoinette come from?

30. Describe Spain in the 17th century.

31. Who “caused” the Spanish War of Succession?

32. What are Leopold I’s contributions to the War of Spanish Succession? (in your own words)

33. Who is Maria Theresa and how is she an influential FEMALE RULER?

34. What is a despot? An “enlightened despot”?

35. What was Joseph II’s view on religious toleration?

36. What was Frederick William II’s beliefs on education? Describe the differences between

Whigs vs. Tories

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List and describe the policies and accomplishments of the following people:

Frederick William Frederick William I

(The Great Elector)