Chapter 17 Questions

The Age of Absolutism

 

Please answer one of the following questions in a full paragraph.  Please remember to have a full heading on the top of the page.  The due date is Friday, May 23, 2008.

 

Chapter 17 Section 1 Pg. 415 #3.  How did Philip II ensure absolute power? (b) How did he try to further Catholicism?

 

Chapter 17 Section 2 Pg. 420 #3.  What were the effects of the French wars of religion? (b) How did Henry IV rebuild French unity?

 

Chapter 17 Section 3 Pg. 426 #4.  (a) Explain two causes of the English Civil War. (b) Why did many people welcome the return of the monarchy?

 

Chapter 17 Section 4 Pg. 427 #1. What were the causes of results of the Thirty Year’s War?

 

Chapter 17 Section 5 Pg. 435 #6.  Compare the goals and policies of Peter the Great to those of one of the following monarchs: (a) Louis XIV of France, (b) Frederick II of Prussia, (c) Maria Theresa of Austria.