vocab
electors
seven leading german princes
What is absolute power
A government that has full control.
What factors led to the rise of absolute monarchies
Religious and territorial conflicts between states created fear and uncertainty.
who won the great northern war
russia/peter the great
what was the principals of the puritans
to encourage seriousness and purpose
mercenaries
soldiers for hire
Characteristics of an absolute monarchy
Absolute monarchy was the principle that the supreme authority to run state affairs rested in the hands of the monarch who ruled by divine right.
What led to the decline of the spanish empire
power slowly faded after the defeat of the spanish armada
who murdered catherine the greats husband
russian loyal officers loyal to her
who was the "leader" of the puritans
Oliver Cromwell
westernization
the adoption of western ideas
who started the first absolute monarch
what was the holy roman empire made up of in the seventeenth century
several hundred small states
who got the throne in england after elizabeth died
the stuarts
what was the glorious revolution
when james II fled england to france
autocratic
ruled with unlimited authority
When was Spain's golden century
1550 to 1650
who modernized russia
peter the great
what was the result of the english civil war
the king gets exectuted
what did will and mary have to sign before being crowned
several acts passed by parliament in 1688 which became the english bill of rights
oligarchy
government in which the ruling power belongs to a few people
What is the divine right to rule
divine right of kings, in European history, a political doctrine in defense of monarchical absolutism, which asserted that kings derived their authority from God and could not therefore be held accountable for their actions by any earthly authority such as a parliament.
what were the five great european powers
Austria, Prussia, France, Britain, and Russia
why was charles I executed
he was a tyrant
what is a prime minister
the head of the cabinet