<p> AP European History: Absolutism and Constitutionalism in Western Europe (ca 1589-1715)</p><p>Explain the genius of Cardinal Richelieu. What was his domestic policy and what drove it? Describe his foreign policy.</p><p>In 1651 England signed the Navigation Act, what was it?</p><p>Why did Louis XIII destroy Huguenot independence?</p><p>Describe the edict of Nantes. What was it intended to do?</p><p>Explain the political positions of Thomas Hobbes.</p><p>What caused the decline of the Dutch economy?</p><p>Where did the struggle between the French crown and the Huguenots center? (city)</p><p>What allowed the French state to carry out orders that private individual could not?</p><p>What was the spark that ignited the Glorious Revolution?</p><p>What did Colbert do to help the economy of France?</p><p>Where was the royal court of Louis XIV? Where was it previously? Why did he move?</p><p>What was the strongest, most centralized state in Europe, 1685?</p><p>Why was the Dutch East Indies Company important to overseas imperialism?</p><p>Who gained the most from the War of Spanish Succession?</p><p>Describe French Classicism.</p><p>In the mid-seventeenth century, what country had the highest living standards?</p><p>Explain English society in the sixteenth and seventeenth century.</p><p>What was the size of the French arm in 1659? How big was it in 1635? Why is this?</p><p>Define the paulette.</p><p>Describe John Locke. How was he different then Thomas Hobbes?</p><p>Why was the Battle of Rocroi important?</p><p>List the works of Moliere.</p><p>How was Calvinism connected to business success? How would you describe Oliver Cromwell? </p><p>What caused the starvation and economic crisis of 1688-1694?</p><p>When did Charles II restore the throne?</p><p>Define Fronde.</p><p>What is Devine Right and what kings claimed to rule by it?</p><p>Who held political power in the Dutch republic? What was it called?</p><p>What was the cause of the War of Spanish Succession?</p><p>Who was the chief minister of King Henry IV? </p><p>What were French intendants and where were they usually recruited?</p><p>Why was there a need for the Peace of Utrecht? What were the outcomes?</p><p>Why was the French financial system weak under Louis XIV?</p><p>Define sovereign (A sovereign state).</p><p>Explain the Glorious Revolution in England. What were the political, social, economic, and religious factors and events that lead to it?</p><p>How absolute was the French monarchy? Why was it called the model or royal absolutism?</p><p>Why was the 17th century called the “Golden Age of the Netherlands?” What made it decline?</p><p>How is royal absolutism described in the memoirs of the Duke of St. Simon? Why might St. Simon have overdrawn the power of Louis XIV over the French nobles?</p><p>Why did France continue to experience civil unrest and war even with a strong centralized monarchy? Describe the periods of unrest.</p><p>Why did the Spanish monarchy crumble in the 17th century?</p><p>What is mercantilism? When and where was it used?</p><p>What was Don Quixote? </p><p>Explain absolutism and constitutionalism.</p>