Absolute Rule
This type of monarch holds complete authority over government and the lives of the people.
What is an Absolute Monarch?
Known as the "Sun King", this French King was thought to symbolize absolute monarchy.
Who is Louis XIV?
This Tudor monarch was the father of Elizabeth I
Who is Henry VIII?
These gatherings gave people a place to discuss ideas, and women hosts could influence politics and writing.
What are salons?
This thinker argued that people are born with the natural rights of life, liberty, and property.
Who is John Locke?
This type of rule is present in a monarchy, where royal power, titles, and property pass through a family lineage.
What is hereditary rule?
This palace was a significant symbol of Louis XIV’s power and royal court.
What is Versailles?
This Tudor monarch ruled England in the second half of the 16th century, and was a cousin of James I.
Who is Queen Elizabeth I?
Enlightenment thinkers questioned traditional authority, including the power of this institution over religious belief and public life.
What is the Church?
This thinker argued that women deserve education and equality because they have reason and natural rights.
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?
This doctrine claimed that God created the monarch, who answered to no earthly authority.
What is the Divine Right of Kings?
Touting his belief in royal authority, and a heightened sense of self, Louis XIV was said to have claimed “L’état, c’est moi,” a phrase that in English, translates to this:
What is "I am the state"
This Stuart king dissolved Parliament and ignored the legal limits of the King.
Who is Charles I?
This French philosopher edited a major reference work that gathered knowledge and Enlightenment ideas
Who is Denis Diderot?
This philosopher argued that people could form a society and government through a social contract and direct democracy.
Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
Absolute monarchs often used tax income to support lavish courts and strengthen this.
What is the military?
This French king is associated with the promises “a chicken in every pot” and “Paris is worth a mass.”
Who is Henry IV of Navarre?
This 1628 document set limits on the king’s powers, including taxation and imprisonment.
What is the Petition of Right?
This phrase names a network of writers who shared ideas through letters, books, and pamphlets.
What is the Republic of Letters?
This thinker advocated separating government powers so the branches could balance one another.
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
Not too high, not too low...this growing social class supported rulers who promised order and unified laws?
What is the middle class?
This finance minister promoted mercantilism and worked to strengthen France’s economy
Who is Jean-Baptiste Colbert?
Ruling Scotland as James VI, this Monarch reset his name to this, when he succeeded Elizabeth to rule as the King of England
Who is James I?
This Scottish thinker, with fully visible hands, argued that individuals pursuing their own economic interests could contribute to a nation’s prosperity
Who is Adam Smith?
This author of Leviathan believed a powerful ruler was needed to keep people’s worst impulses in check.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?