Chapter 7 Study Guide

Age of Absolutism

Chapter 7 Objectives

1. Describe the causes of the French wars of Religion and explain how they were resolved.
2. List the causes and results of the Thirty Years' War.
3. Discuss the significance of the English Revolution and the Glorious Revolution.
4. Relate how the English and the Glorious Revolutions strengthened Democracy.
5. List the causes and results of the Thirty Years' War.
6. Discuss the significance of the English Revolution and the Glorious Revolution.
7. Relate how the English and the Glorious Revolutions strengthened Democracy.
8. Explain absolutism in relation to Louis XIV, Ivan the Terrible, and Peter the Great.
9. Explain the significant movements in art, literature, and philosophy during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Key Terms and People

1. Toleration Act of 1689

2. Peter the Great
3. El Greco
4. “Glorious Revolution”
5. Charles I
6. Huguenots
7. Cardinal Richelieu
8. Jean-Baptiste Colbert
9. Edict of Nantes
10. Peace of Westphalia
11. Independents
12. Puritans
13. House of Bourbon
14. Miguel de Cervantes
15. Louis XIV
16. Bill of Rights
17. Divine right of kings
18. Philip II
19. Absolutism
20. Mannerism

Essay Question:  Compare and contrast the political thinking of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke.