Spanish Empire
He ruled an empire that included Spain, Portugal, Italy, The Netherlands, and New Spain
Philip II
A political system where the monarch holds supreme power without limitations
Absolutism
The fate of Charles I after the English Civil War
Executed
Saint Petersburg
He developed the experimental approach to science
Francis Bacon
The economy of the Spanish New World was based on this resource
Silver
This ruler of France was also known as the Sun King
Louis XIV ("the 14th")
Document that limited the powers of King John and gave rights to his subjects
Magna Carta
Peter the Great put a tax on these
Beards
Early modern scientists saw the universe as one of these
A mechanism or machine
A rebellion in this region succeeded in driving out Spain and establishing an independent republic
The Netherlands
The writers and thinkers of the Enlightenment believe that true knowledge came from this, not authority or tradition
Reason
Under the English constitution, only they can set taxes
Parliament
Catherine the Great was known as this kind of ruler
Enlightened Absolutist or Autocrat
The usual name for a "scientist" before the 1800s
Natural philosopher
This organization persecuted Jews, Muslims, and non-Catholic Christians for the Spanish crown
Spanish Inquisition
Louis required the nobility to attend on him and participate in elaborate ceremonies and rituals here
His court (Palace of Versailles)
Document that set out Parliament's preconditions for raising taxes to Charles I
Petition of Right
The state religion of Romanov Russia
Eastern Orthodox Church
Two examples of new or improved scientific instruments used in the Scientific Revolution
Telescope, microscope, barometer, thermometer
The first modern novel, written by Cervantes
Don Quixote
The thinkers of the French Enlightenment
Philosophes
Document presented to William and Mary that explain the limitations placed on the English monarchy
Bill of Rights
The traditional nobility of Russia
Boyars
He challenged Aristotle's view of the elements and founded modern chemistry
Robert Boyle
The destruction of religious images, such as happened in the Spanish Netherlands
Iconoclasm
Louis ended his dependence on the nobility by created this
Government bureaucracy
To right to no be imprisoned without cause or charge
Habeas corpus
Neither Peter nor Catherine considered dismantling this traditional system of bonded labor in Russia
Serfdom
Galileo challenged this view of the cosmos
Geocentrism