Age of Absolutism & the Enlightenment
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Ruler with complete control over the government and the lives of the people, handed down generation to generation.
Boyar
Enlightened despot
Estates General
Absolute monarch
30sG2 - Q2
Belief that a rulers authority comes directly from god.
Enlightened despot
Divine Right
Limited monarchy
Absolute monarchy
30s - Q3
The lawmaking body in France, kings didn't let them meet for 150 years.
Versailles
Parliament
Boyars
Estates General
30s - Q4
Royal French residence and seat of government established by King Louis XIV (The Sun King)
Versailles
Estates General
Parliament
St. Petersburg
30s - Q5
Lawmaking body in England, has MORE POWER than in France
Boyars
Limited monarchy
Parliament
Estates General
30s - Q6
Series of acts passed by the English Parliament in 1689 that limited the rights of the monarchy and ensured the superiority of Parliament
English Bill of Rights
Limited monarchy
Parliament
Estates General
30s - Q7
The overthrow of King James II of England by a union of English Parliamentarians & William of Orange
***Bloodless Revolution***
Westernization
English Bill of Rights
Parliament
Glorious Revolution
30s - Q8
Government in which a constitution or legislative body limits the monarchs' powers.
Parliament
Limited monarchy
Estates General
Absolute monarchy
30s - Q9
Landowning nobles in Russia under the tsars
Boyars
Catherine the Great
Peter the Great
Tsar
30s - Q10
Adoption of western ideas, technology, and culture
Boyars
Westernization
Enlightened despot
Tsar
30s - Q11
a Russian emperor (from the Roman title Caesar)
Enlightened despot
Tsar
Limited monarch
Absolute monarch
30s - Q12
-Spanish king at the high point of the Spanish Empire
-Wanted to spread Catholic faith
-Spanish armada defeated by Elizabeth I & England
Philip II
Peter the Great
Louis XIV
Catherine the Great
30s - Q13
-French King known as the "Sun King"
-Built palace at Versaille & used to control nobility
-Ultimate symbol of French culture & absolutism
Catherine the Great
Louis XIV
Philip II
William & Mary
30s - Q14
-Russian Czar who went to Western Europe & brought back its culture
-WESTERNIZED Russia
-Started a war with Sweden to gain a warm-water port
-Built palace and city of St. Petersburg, "Window on the West"
Catherine the Great
Louis XIV
Peter the Great
William & Mary
30s - Q15
-King and Queen of the Netherlands
-Invited to replace James II as rulers of England
-Had to sign English Bill of Rights
Catherine the Great
Peter the Great
Louis XIV
William & Mary
30s