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Unit 9 - 9th
Unit 9: Age of Absolutism and Enlightenment (required)
Term | Definition |
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absolute monarch | king with total power |
Age of Reason | nickname for the Enlightenment |
divine right | idea European kings had the right to rule because God said so |
Enlightenment (origin, characteristic) | began in Europe and said governments should be ruled by the people rather than one person |
laissez faire | idea that government should not interfere with business |
Louis XIV (14th) | French absolute monarch who ruled by divine right and built the Versailles Palace |
Peter the Great | Russian absolute monarch who tried to westernize Russia by forcing people to shave their beards |
Glorious Revolution (origin, result) | began in England where the king was forced to sign the English Bill of Rights and guaranteed the Parliament would have power over the king |
Versailles Palace | structure built by Louis XIV (14th) |
westernization | attempt to act more like Europe or the United States |