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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| James I | absolutist king of England who wrote The Trew Law of Free Monarchy (1598) |
| divine right theory | idea that the power of a king came from God |
| Louis XIV | the "Sun King"; centralized French monarchy; built Versailles |
| Charles I | English monarch beheaded by Parliamentary forces in 1649 at the end of the English Civil War |
| Oliver Cromwell | Parliamentary military leader during the period of the Commonwealth in England |
| The Glorious Revolution (1688-89) | resulted in the creation of a constitutional monarchy in England |
| English Bill of Rights | said Parliament would make laws; primary document that established constitutional monarchy in England |
| Second Treatise of Civil Government (1690) | govts are set up to protect life, liberty, property; All men have “natural rights” (given by God); If govt oversteps its function it’s tyranny; Then people have RIGHT to rebel |
| John Locke | he wrote Second Treatise of Civil Government (1690) that defended the Glorious Revolution and justified other revolutions |
| Peter the Great | greatest of the Russian state-builders; utilized western technology and built a city that was called the "window to the west" |
| Romanovs | Russian ruling dynasty |
| constitutionalism | the limitation of the government by law or a Constitution |
| constitutional monarchy | system in which the monarch's power is limited by a constitution |
| New Model Army | Parliament's army in the English Civil War under Oliver Cromwell |
| popular sovereignty | described by John Locke, it's the idea that power is vested in the people, who have a right to bestow that power on those who rule |
| social contract theory | idea that a contract exists between the people and their government; people give up absolute freedom to government in return for protection of their "life, liberty, and property" |
| oligarchy | rule by a few, usually wealthy; example was Dutch Republic |
| intendants | government officials used by Louis XIV to collect taxes |
| Jean Baptiste Colbert | French Minister of Finance under Louis XIV who applied mercantilism to raise $$ for French state |
| boyars | the Russian nobility subdued by Peter the Great |
| St Petersburg | built as a "window to the west" by the Russian czar |
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