Absolute Monarchies

I Have The Power

100

Known as the "Father of Austrian Absolutism"

Leopold I

200

English/Scottish king who believed in the "divine right of kings"

James I

300

Wrote Leviathan to argue for total, absolute rule by a monarch in order to bring control to society

Thomas Hobbes

400

Ivan IV's nickname "Grozny" is most accurately translated as this

"Awesome" or "Awe-inspiring"

500

The longest ruling French monarch, he consolidated absolute power and showed off by building Versailles

Louis XIV

He Did Whaaaat?

100

This French monarch granted protection to French Protestants with the 1598 Edict of Nantes

Henry IV

200

Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes and outlawed Protestantism in France in this year

1685

300

Charles I argued that this group could not try a king for treason

Parliament

400

He famously murdered his own son in a fit of insanity

Ivan IV

500

He had himself proclaimed "Lord Protector" which essentially established a military dictatorship in England

Oliver Cromwell

Who Needs Parliament?

100

James I believed this about Parliament's ability to make laws

Only make laws with the king's authority/consent

200

This passive-aggressive monarch did not call Parliament for 12 years after they submitted the Petition of Right demands

Charles I

300

Parliament's supporters during the English Civil War are known by this name

Roundheads

400

The English Parliament is a legislative body, but the French Parlement is this type of body

Judicial or Supreme Court

500

The New Model Army prevented the royalists from taking part in Parliament, resulting in this term for the remaining members

Rump Parliament

This Means War!

100

Parliament vs. King 1642-1646

English Civil War

200

He spent 18 of his final 27 years as king fighting wars of aggression

Louis XIV

300

He was rejected by the Spanish monarchy to marry the princess since he was not Catholic, and convinced his dad to go to war with Spain

Charles I

400

Relatively peaceful overthrow of James II

Glorious Revolution

500

Frederick II "The Great," violated the Pragmatic Sanction by invading Silesia and kicked off this conflict

War of Austrian Succession

Whose Government Is It Anyway?

100

Great Elector Frederick William began consolidating absolute authority in this state

Brandenburg-Prussia or just Prussia

200

Peter the Great raised this empire to new heights under his reign

Russia

300

He was the chief minister and power behind the throne during the reign of French King Louis XIII

Cardinal Richelieu

400

He argued that the king sits on the throne of God himself, but must be righteous and just as he will answer to God

Bishop Bousset

500

This proclamation by Charles VI declared that even female heirs could inherit the Austrian/Holy Roman Empire throne

Pragmatic Sanction