Absolutism: 3 main monarchs + other English monarchs
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- Q1What does sovereignty mean?The authority to make decisions about running a countryThe King controls all aspects of the stateThe ruler's power is derived from GodThe ruler's power is derived from the people120sEditDelete
- Q2What does absolutism mean?The King has total control in running the stateThe King derives power from God This is a wrong answerThe authority to run the stateThe King derives power from the people120sEditDelete
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What does divine right mean?
The authority to control the state
The King derives power from the people
Total control over all aspects of the state
The King derives power from God
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What is a limited monarchy?
People have a right to rebel if King violates their rights
The King and the Parliament share power
The King has all the power
The Parliament has most of the power
120sEditDelete - Q5How did Peter the Great change the lives of Russian women?He mandated that they wear a veil in publicHe strengthened the power of their husbandsHe allowed them to join parliamentHe increased their rights, like the right to divorce and socialize in mixed groups120sEditDelete
- Q6Why did Louis XIV build Versailles?To increase his power & display the grandeur of the monarchyTo help win the 30 yrs warTo win over rural nobles and collect more taxesTo restrict the rights of French Protestants120sEditDelete
- Q7Who did Louis XIV put on his royal council?New nobles that he created (Nobles of Robe)Old hereditary nobles (Princes of the Blood)Only his closest advisers like Mazarin and RichelieuChurch leaders120sEditDelete
- Q8What did the Edict of Fontainbleu do?It raised money for foreign warsIt authorized the building of VersaillesIt took away rights of French ProtestantsIt made illegal for Catholics to hold office120sEditDelete
- Q9How did Peter the Great reform Russia?He increased the rights of the noblesHe rebuilt MoscowHe made it more modern and more westernHe increased the power of the Russian Orthodox Church120sEditDelete
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Which issue did NOT divided Charles I & Parliament?
Economics--Taxes
Military-- Unauthorized wars
Religion--Puritanism
Political--Parliament's right to elect the monarch
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What action proves that Cromwell did not share sovereignty?
He dissolved Parliament and began military rule (martial law)
He abolished the monarchy
He created a republic
He created the New Model Army
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1. That the pretended power of suspending the laws or the execution of laws by regal authority without consent of Parliament is illegal;
4. That levying money for or to the use of the Crown by pretense of prerogative, without grant of Parliament, for longer time, or in other manner than the same is or shall be granted, is illegal;
5. That it is the right of the subjects to petition the king, and all commitments and prosecutions for such petitioning are illegal;
6. That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of Parliament, is against law;
7. That the subjects which are Protestants may have arms for their defence suitable to their conditions and as allowed by law;
8. That election of members of Parliament ought to be free;
13. And that for redress of all grievances, and for the amending, strengthening and preserving of the laws, Parliaments ought to be held frequently.
Source: English Bill of Rights 1689
What does the source above reveal about the effects of Charles I and the English Civil War upon English history?
William and Mary were the victors of the English Civil War.
Charles I's successors maintained absolute power for the rest of English history.
Parliament wanted to prevent another absolutist monarch from coming to the throne.
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