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G146 - Absolutism
Mr. Dowd's Class: Unit 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Parliament | The legislative body in England |
| Divine Right | Belief that god has chosen a person to be an Absolute Monarch |
| Absolutism | One person controlling every part of government |
| Despotism | Being an "eternal ruler" |
| Edict of Nantes | Issued by Henry of Navarre (IV), allowed Huguenots to worship and feel religious tolerance in France |
| Palace of Versailles | A great, luxurious palace commissioned by Louis XIV |
| Thirty Years' War | A war between the Catholic League (Catholics) and the Protestant Union (Lutherans and friends) |
| Peace of Westphalia | Ended the Thirty Years' War, Decreased Hapsburg power, strengthened France, and was the start of organized peace settlement meetings |
| Seven Years' War | A war between Austria, France, and Russia v.s. Prussia and Great Britain |
| Westernization | Adopting cultural and technical traits from countries in Western Europe |
| Boyars | Nobles in Russia who fought for control |
| Constitutional Monarchy | A monarchy in which laws limit the rulers powers |
| Restoration | The period under Charles II (Of England) in which "Habeas Corpus" was put into action |
| Glorious Revolution | The blood-less overthrowing of James II by William and Mary of Orange |
| Mughals | The Turks who ruled in India |
| Sikhism | A religion that believed in non-violence |
| Taj Mahal | An honorary tomb built by Shah Jahan in memory of his wife, Mumtaz Mahal |
| Bill of Rights | From England's Constitutional Monarchy, a document written by Parliament the listed the things that the king could not do |
| Catherine the Great | A Russian ruler who abolished torture and promoted religious tolerance, expanded Russia to get passage through the Ottoman Empire |
| Fredrick the Great | Improved education and advocated religious freedom, he said that a ruler should be like a father towards his people |
| Maria Theresa | An Austrian ruler who held off the Prussians in the War of Austrian Succession, and switched her allies in the Seven Years' War |
| Peter the Great | An Absolute Monarch who modernized Russia, fought Sweden to get room for a Baltic Sea port - St. Petersburg |
| Louis XIV | A French Absolute Monarch who improved France's economy, involved France in reckless wars, and built the Palace of Versailles, known for living very lavishly |
| Cardinal Richelieu | French minister who ruled in place of Louis XIII, increased the power of the French middle class, fought Hapsburg rulers in the Thirty Years' War |
| Charles I | An English king who was forced to sign the Petition of Right, and led the royalists (cavaliers) against the Parliament in the English Civil War |
| Akbar | An Indian Ruler who succeeded in military conquest, offered religious tolerance, executed a effective government, and blended many cultures from his area |
| Oliver Cromwell | An English Military Dictator who banned many parts of western culture from England |
| Suleyman the Magnificent | The Ottoman sultan who crated a law code, simplified taxes, expanded the Ottoman Empire, used the "Devshirme" system, and commissioned a great "mosque" |
| Shah Jahan | An Indian ruler who built the Taj Mahal |
| Philip II | Inherited Spain's throne and claimed that of Portugal, used colonies and resources to increase Spain's wealth |
| William and Mary of Orange | Ousted James II from England, and installed a Constitutional Monarchy, ruled with Parliament |
| Huguenots | French Protestants |
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