AP Euro Chapter 16 Vocab

authority to rule

• A dictatorial government that controls every aspect of its citizens lives down to their thoughts
• 20th century

civil wars in France when nobility rose up against Louis XIV's court; "slingshot" or "catapult"

The art and literature of the age of Louis XIV. Resembled classic antiquity and Renaissance Italy, official style of Louis

Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes that shows the romanticism the Spanish held for medieval times

English Protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries who regarded the Reformation of the Church of England under Elizabeth as incomplete and sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship.

a representative for each dutch province

a joint stock company that looked for trade opportunities. Investors receives huge dividends proportional to the amount they invested

Single monarch controls the state

Reason of state; Richelieu claiming that God absolves sins if they involve protecting the state

the economic theory that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances

• Ended the War of Spanish Succession
• Limited France's expansionism
• Other European nations didn't want France to be able to have the same ruler in France and Spain (too much power)

the limitation of government by law

the leading ministers and the majority of the House of Commons formulate policy and conduct country business

John Locke's book that proclaimed that people set up governments to protect life, liberty, and the pursuit of property

Tonnage

Poundage