Absolute Monarchs
Rulers believed they received their authority from God.
What is divine right?
This war was fought between Cavaliers and Roundheads.
What is the English Civil War?
Philosopher who argued for natural rights.
Who is John Locke?
The battle that convinced France to ally with the colonies.
What is Saratoga?
Class that paid all the taxes.
Who is the Third Estate?
He ruled France for 72 years and built Versailles.
Who is Louis XIV?
This event brought William & Mary to power.
What is the Glorious Revolution?
Author of The Social Contract.
Who is Rousseau?
The document declaring independence in 1776.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Event that symbolized the beginning of the Revolution.
What is the storming of the Bastille?
This Russian czar modernized and westernized Russia.
Who is Peter the Great?
Document that limited the king and expanded Parliament’s power.
What is the English Bill of Rights?
Idea supported by Adam Smith.
What is laissez‑faire economics?
The main complaint about Britain’s taxes.
What is “no taxation without representation”?
Jacobin leader during the Reign of Terror.
Who is Robespierre?
This monarch revoked the Edict of Nantes.
Who is Louis XIV?
He justified absolute monarchy in a speech to Parliament.
Who is James I?
Montesquieu is best known for this concept.
What is separation of powers?
Enlightenment thinker who influenced Jefferson.
Enlightenment thinker who influenced Jefferson.
Government established after the Terror.
What is the Directory?
This event marked the decline of Spanish power.
What is the defeat of the Spanish Armada?
Parliament executed this monarch after a trial for treason.
Who is Charles I?
This movement emphasized reason, progress, and scientific thinking.
What is the Enlightenment?
Britain fought this expensive war before taxing the colonies.
What is the French and Indian War?
This document stated that men are born free and equal in rights.
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man?