Political People 1
The name and country of the most absolute monarch.
Who is Louis XIV and France?
Absolutist king of England, murdered by Parliament
Who is Charles I?
The fight between Charles I and Parliament over the king's power and the church.
What is the English Civil War?
The belief that the monarch should have unchecked power and decide all political questions.
What is Absolutism?
The Empress of Russia who increased Russia's land and the power of the Tsar.
Who is Catherine the Great?
Empress of Austria who improved life for peasants and increased Austrian territory
Who is Maria Teresa?
The reason James II was deposed by Parliament.
What was that he was Roman Catholic and had a Roman Catholic son?
A new way for monarchs to gain wealth and extend their power without new taxes.
What are Colonies?
The English monarchs after the Glorious Revolution.
Who are William and Mary?
An English king deposed and exiled by Parliament
Who is James II
Parliament deposes the king, who flees to France. Parliament then invites new monarchs - all with no war and few deaths.
What is the Glorious Revolution?
The idea that a monarch's power comes from God and that he is answerable only to God.
What is Divine Right of Kings?
Who is Charles II?
Scottish king who became king of England also
Who is James I?
What is the English Bill of Rights?
Many people putting their money together to fund a business idea or colony?
What is a company?
People who ruled themselves and established a trading empire without a king.
Who are the Dutch?
Led the Parliamentary armies to victory against the King in the English Civil War
Who is Oliver Cromwell?
Cromwell rules England as a tyrant, Puritans make people long for a return of the King and the Church of England
What is the Protectorate?
The system of government where the king's advisors become subject to Parliament.