Absolutism Key Terms & Concepts

Key Terms for French Absolutism  Absolute Monarch (Absolutism)  Divine Right  Levy Taxes  Henry of Navarre (Henry IV)  Pont Neuf  Louvre  St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre  Bourbon Family  Edict of Nantes  Zealot  Cardinal Richelieu  Regent  Hapsburg Family  Thirty Years’ War  Cardinal Mazarin  Louis XIV  Fronde  Intendants  Jean Baptiste Colbert  Mercantilism  Taille  Gabelle  Aides or Douances  Versailles  War of Spanish Succession

Key Terms for Russian Absolutism  Ivan the Terrible  Czar or Tsar  St. Basil’s Cathedral  Boyars  Time of Troubles  Romanov Dynasty  Peter the Great  Grand Embassy  Peterhoff  St. Petersburg  Westernization

Key Concepts for Absolutism   State the significance of Divine Right.  Describe the causes and effects of Absolutism.  Explain the system of intendants.  Why would Richelieu help the Protestants during the Thirty Year’s War?  How did the Fronde affect the life of Louis XIV?  Explain the system of mercantilism.  State the significance of the War of Spanish Succession.  Describe the differences between Russia & Western Europe.  Describe Peter the Great’s efforts to westernize Russia.

Henry of Navarre (Henry IV) 1 st of the Bourbons Louis XIII Louis XIV Regent Cardinal Richelieu Cardinal Mazarin