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History
Chapter 13
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Absolute power | unlimited power |
| divine right | The idea that God had established a certain persons authority |
| intendents | officials directly responsible to the king |
| Frondes | riots, civil wars, and antigovernment plots which were unsuccessful in destroying the French absolutism and ended in 1653 |
| lieutenant | A man who holds the place of a colonel |
| Junkers | men who worked closely with the electors in governing the country and serving as officers in the Prussian army |
| czar | a term that comes from the word "caesar" |
| Roundheads | Those who supported the Puritans, the lesser gentry, and the merchants |
| Cavaliers | Those who supported the king and the nobility in the civil war |
| cabinet government | |
| balance of power | the idea that no one nation would dominate the other countries of Europe |
| status quo ante bellum | meaning "how things were before the war" |
| Diplomatic Revolution | A radical changes in aliances |