Above the Law
This king, known as the “Sun King,” built the Palace of Versailles to display his power and control over the nobility.nown as the “Sun King,” built the Palace of Versailles to display his power and control over the nobility.
Who was Louis XIV?
This belief that rulers’ authority comes directly from God helped legitimize monarchs’ absolute rule.
What is Divine Right?
This 1215 document limited the English king’s power and established the idea of the rule of law.
What is the Magna Carta?
This Italian writer’s famous book, The Prince, described how rulers could gain and maintain power.
Who was Niccolò Machiavelli?
This English monarch broke from the Catholic Church so he could get a divorce and created the Church of England.
Who is Henry VIII?
Peter the Great built this new capital city to give Russia access to the Baltic Sea and to Europe.
What was St. Petersburg?
This Russian tsar aimed to “Westernize” Russia through reforms in military, government, and culture.
Who was Peter the Great?
This English monarch was executed after losing the Civil War to Parliament’s forces led by Oliver Cromwell.
Who was Charles I?
This Puritan leader defeated King Charles I and ruled England as Lord Protector.
Who is Oliver Cromwell?
This monarch led England into a Golden Age of art, exploration, and power
Who is Elizabeth 1?
This 1598 decree granted limited religious freedom to French Protestants, helping end decades of civil war.
What is the Edict of Nantes?
This event between 1618–1648, beginning as a religious conflict, devastated Europe and ended with the Treaty of Westphalia.
What was the Thirty Years’ War?
This 1689 document limited royal power, gave Parliament control over taxation, and guaranteed certain rights to citizens.
What is the English Bill of Rights?
Louis XIV forced nobles to live at Versailles, where they competed for his favor instead of plotting against him. Which concept does this action represent? (This also means to take control)
What is the Consolidation of power?
He came to power after the Glorious Revolution, ruling jointly with his wife to ensure a Protestant monarchy.
Who is William III OR William of Orange?
Historians refer to this as ______ because of events like the Little Ice Age, famine, war, and rebellion
What is "The Age of Crisis"?
Peter the Great introduced this system, which ranked government officials and nobles based on service to the state rather than family birth.
This conflict, fought from 1642 to 1649, was between supporters of the king and supporters of Parliament.
What is the English Civil War?
Parliament invites William of Orange and Mary to take the throne peacefully, forcing the king to accept limits on royal power. What is this event called, and what form of government resulted? (2 answers)
What was the Glorious Revolution, which established a limited (constitutional) monarchy?
This young queen ruled England for only nine days before being overthrown by Mary I.
Who is Lady Jane Grey?
Both Louis XIV and Peter the Great centralized power by controlling nobles, building grand palaces, and modernizing government. Explain one major difference in how each ruler used these methods to legitimize their authority.
What is Louis XIV using culture and spectacle (Versailles) to display power, while Peter used modernization and reform (Westernization) to justify authority?
A king spreads propaganda showing himself as the “Father of the Nation,” even while raising taxes. Which of Machiavelli’s rules is he following, and why might it work? (You can paraphrase here)
What is “Appear virtuous and loved even if you are not”? It maintains public loyalty while protecting power.
The two sides in the English Civil War were the king’s supporters, called ______, and Parliament’s supporters, called ____.
What are: Cavaliers, Roundheads
*Not on the test*
DAILY DOUBLE:
Name King Henry's VIII's wives and what ultimately happens to each of them.
Catherine of Aragon – divorced
Anne Boleyn – beheaded
Jane Seymour – died (after childbirth)
Anne of Cleves – divorced
Catherine Howard – beheaded
Catherine Parr – survived
After the death of Elizabeth I, this line of rulers took the English throne. Name the monarchs in order who ruled from her death until the Glorious Revolution.
Who were James I, Charles I, Charles II, and James II?