Absolute Monarchs
the theory of government that holds that a monarch receives the right to rule directly from God and not from the people
What is Divine Right?
This ruler came to power at the age of 3
Who is Ivan the Terrible?
A logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas
What is the Scientific Method?
This inspired the Enlightenment
What is the Scientific Revolution?
The three French social classes
What are the 1st Estate, 2nd Estate, and 3rd Estate?
a monarchy that is not limited or restrained by laws or a constitution.
What is an Absolute Monarchy?
Ivan IV was the first to use this term
What is Czar/Tsar?
25 years of study led this individual to the creation of the heliocentric model
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
The Natural Rights
What is life, liberty, and property?
Jacobin leader that slowly gained power and began to rule France essentially as a dictator.
Who is Maximilien Robespierre?
Government officials that collected taxes and administered justice
What are intendants?
Ivan accused this group of poisoning his wife
Who are the boyars?
Aditted under threat of torture that the ideas of Copernicus were untrue
Who is Galileo Galilei?
The ideas of this individual are the foundations of modern democracy
Who is John Locke?
What is the creation of the National Assembly?
This elaborate palace was built by the Sun King
What is the Palace of Versailles?
This individual is known as one of Russia's greatest reformers
Who is Peter the Great?
An earth centered universe model
What is the Geocentric Model?
Who said, "Power should be a check to power."
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
This was a nickname of Marie Antoinette
What is Madam Deficit?
This group of individuals was made to be 100% dependant upon Louis XIV
Who are the nobles?
Obtaining one of these was the key to Russia competing on the world stage
What is a warm water port?
This individual discovered gravity
Who is Isaac Newton?
monarchs that embraced the ideas of the Enlightenment and made reforms that reflected that spirit
What are Enlightened Despots?
This was the final straw the led to the downfall of Napoleon
What is the invasion of Russia?