AP World History AMSCO Guided Notes
4.6: Internal and External Challenges to State Power
AMSCO Guided Notes
AP World History Guided Notes
AMSCO 4.6 - Internal and External Challenges to State Power
Essential Questions
- How did the development of state power result in external and internal challenges in the period between 1450 and 1750?
I. Resistance to Portugal in Africa
1. Who was Ana Nzinga and what challenges did she face from Portugal and neighboring African powers?
2. How did Nzinga's alliance with Portugal change, and what strategies did she use to build Matamba into a strong state?
II. Local Resistance in Russia
A. Serfdom, Power, and Control
1. What was serfdom and how did it benefit both the Russian government and landowners?
2. How did the institution of serfdom in Russia differ from conditions for peasants in Western Europe during the same period?
3. What role did the village communes called mirs play in controlling the peasant population?
B. Cossacks and Peasant Rebellions
1. Who were the Cossacks and what was their relationship with the Russian government?
2. What caused Yemelyan Pugachev to lead a rebellion against Catherine the Great, and what groups joined his cause?
3. How did Catherine the Great respond to the Pugachev Rebellion, and what were the consequences for peasants?
III. Rebellion in South Asia
1. Who were the Maratha and what conflict did they wage against the Mughal empire?
2. What was the significance of the Maratha Empire's rise in relation to Mughal rule in India?
IV. Revolts in the Spanish Empire
1. What caused the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, and what groups participated in this rebellion?
2. What were the immediate outcomes of the Pueblo Revolt, and how did Spanish control change afterward?
V. Civil Unrest in France
1. Why did Cardinal Mazarin's tax policies provoke resistance from nobles, judicial bodies, and the bourgeoisie?
2. What was the Fronde and how did the civil disturbances affect the young Louis XIV's future approach to government?
VI. Struggles for Power in England and Its Colonies
A. Maroon Wars and Slave Revolts
1. Who were the Maroons and how did Queen Nanny contribute to their resistance against English colonial control?
2. What was the Gloucester County Rebellion and what made it significant in the history of slave resistance in North America?
B. Native American Resistance and Colonial Conflict
1. What was Metacom's War and why was it considered the final major effort by indigenous peoples to resist English colonization in New England?
2. How did some Native American groups respond differently to English colonization, and what were the consequences of the war?
C. The Glorious Revolution
1. Why did English nobles invite William of Orange to invade England in 1688, and what religious concerns motivated this action?
2. How did the Glorious Revolution strengthen Parliament's power and what law did it pass regarding religious succession?
Key Terms
Ndongo
Matamba
Black Sea
steppe
Maratha Empire
mirs
Ana Nzinga
Yemelyan Pugachev
Queen Nanny
James II
William of Orange
Mary II
Mohegan
Pequot
Wampanoag
Fronde
Metacom's War
Pugachev Rebellion
Pueblo Revolt
Maroon wars
Gloucester County Rebellion
Glorious Revolution