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Russia and Europe1600-1750
Kirby Landon, Carolina Ribeiro, Cristi Schlesinger
How were the political, social, and economic changes in Europe and Russia all related?
Commercial integration,
religious conflict,
consolidation of power
Changes in Russia
Vast domain
Internal diversity
Absolutist governme
nt
Changes in
Europe
Rise of northern powers
Successful monarchies
Mercantilist wars
Expansion of Russia (Muscovy)Not affected by Thirty Years’ WarSecurity and religion inspired expansionEliminated the steppe nomadsInternally diverseEurope or Asia?
Map of Russian Expansion
Russia’s Budding EconomyExtended commercial networksTrading postsTaxation of aboriginalsPrivateersRomanovs
Absolutist Government
Tsar
Nobles
Local aristocrats
Peasants
SiberiaPeople migrated eastward
Escaped serfdomSettled their own land
Great Siberian Post RoadLand of prisoners
The Thirty Years’ WarOriginally German Catholics vs. German ProtestantsBecame a conflict throughout EuropeDepopulationEnded with Treaty of Westphalia (1648)Changed European warfare
Social Consequences
Large armies Expensive war Heavy taxes Peasant
revolts
European EconomiesRise of northern citiesDutch pioneered economic practicesEngland and France protected their
economiesAgricultural developments in northwestern
EuropeEngland changed the organization of
property
French MonarchyAbsolute monarchyDivine right of kingsVersailles was
center of court lifeNot everyone was
pleasedProtestants,
peasants, criticism, nobles
English MonarchyBeginning with Queen
Elizabeth in 1555Control of patronageCourt festivitiesQueens could rule by
themselvesParliament was still
important
Puritans vs. Anglicans
Puritans• S
imple worship
• Equality within church government
• Parliament
Anglicans• O
rnate ceremonies
• Religious hierarchy headed by monarch
• The Church of England
Civil War• Beheading
of King Charles I (Anglican/The Church of England)
• Victory for parliamentary army (Puritan)
• Twelve years without a monarch
Glorious Revolution
Monarch• J
ames II
• Absolutist
Parliament• S
hared power
Glorious Revolution• Parliam
ent and monarch must rule together
• King William III and Queen Mary II
• Church of England became official church
• Presbyterians and Jews could practice their religion
• Catholicism was “forbidden”
• Nobility and merchant classes got a say
Political WritingsLeviathan by Thomas
HobbesDefending absolute
powerTwo Treatises of Civil
Government by John LockeFocused on rights of
peopleDiscussed
consequences of unlimited power
Mercantilist WarsConflict over trade
regionsMerchants smuggled
goods into enemy territory
Mostly outside of Europe
Led to French and Indian WarBritain emerged as
greatest power
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