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Age of Absolutism
Vocabulary GCA WHII
Term | Definition | Time Period |
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Age of Absolutism | age when European monarchs ruled with absolute power | Age of Absolutism |
monarchs | European rulers with absolute power | Age of Absolutism |
absolute power | a ruler whose power is not limited in any way | Age of Absolutism |
divine right | authority to rule comes directly from GOD! | Age of Absolutism |
Philip II | Expanded Spanish influence and power, First ruler to claim absolute power, strengthened Catholic Church | Age of Absolutism |
Louis XIV | Increase French power in Europe, built Palace of Versailles, Lived too lavishly and wasted $$ | Age of Absolutism |
Palace of Versailles | built by Louis XIV, sign of royal power | Age of Absolutism |
Peter the Great | Conquered St. Petersburg, westernized Russia, brought church under state control | Age of Absolutism |
Catherine the Great | Embraced Western ideas, promoted education, art and trade, Reduced taxes | Age of Absolutism |
James I | published the King James Version, Tried to rule as absolute monarch with divine right | Age of Absolutism |
Charles I | Forced to sign Petition of Right by Parliament, abolished monarchy in Europe. | Age of Absolutism |
Westernization | influence of ideas, customs, practices, etc. of the West | Age of Absolutism |
St. Petersburg | warm water port conquered by Peter the Great | Age of Absolutism |
Western ideas | ideas embraced by Catherine the Great | Age of Absolutism |
serfdom | Worse conditions for peasants | Age of Absolutism |
King James Version | English translation of the Bible | Age of Absolutism |
Parliament | legislature of England | Age of Absolutism |
Petition of Right | petition by Parliament to limit power to tax, imprison without cause, and could not house soldiers in private homes | Age of Absolutism |
commonwealth | English government after the end of the monarchy | Age of Absolutism |
Glorious Revolution | William and Mary (Protestants) asked to rule | Age of Absolutism |