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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Deism | The belief in a god who created the universe but has since remained indifferent. |
| Absolutism | •the form of government in which the ruler is not restricted by a constitution or laws |
| King Louis XIV | •King of France in 1600s and 1700s |
| Divine Right of Kings | •The king’s authority came directly from God, and was therefore divine |
| Restoration | the re-establishment of the monarchy in England in 1660 under Charles II |
| Philosophe | •member of a group of Enlightenment thinkers who tried to apply the methods of science to the improvements of society |
| English Civil War | •The military clash between forces loyal to King Charles I and the forces of Parliament that overthrew the monarchy |
| Parliament | The law making body in England that had been advising the monarchy since the 1200s |
| Constitutional monarchy | The powers of the king or queen are restricted to those granted under the constitution and laws of the nation |
| Enlightenment | •a period from the late 1600s to the late 1700s in Europe, in which people changed their outlook on life |
| Glorious Revolution | •The bloodless overthrow of James II in England by William and Mary in 1688 |
| Salon | •an informal gathering of artists, writers, and philosophers |
| Social contract | •an agreement by which people define and limit their natural rights, thus creating an organized government/society |
| Age of reason | Time during the 1700s when Enlightenment ideas were the leading ideas in Europe |
| John Locke | An English philosopher that said natural laws govern human behavior and government should be based on these natural laws |
| Natural Rights | •Rights that belonged to all human beings from birth – right to life, liberty, and own property |
| Jean Jacques Rousseau | •Wrote The Social Contract and argued that governments should express the will of the people and put few limits on people’s behavior |
| Baron de Montesquieu | •A French aristocrat and lawyer who thought that separating the powers of government would guard against one part of government from becoming too powerful |
| Thomas Hobbes | Argued in his book, Leviathan, that the best government was one in which the ruler had absolute power |
| House of Stuart | •A series of English monarchs that ruled England, Scotland & Ireland since the 1200s |
| Oliver Cromwell | A skilled general who led the military forces of Parliament against King Charles I |
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