Who was known as the Sun King?
Louis XIV
After the Glorious Revolution, England became a _________ monarchy, where the king will share power with parliament.
constitutional monarchy
What were the three estates of French society?
Clergy, nobility, and everyone else
The laws that Napoleon created that recognized the principles of civil liberty.
Napoleonic Code
Which monarch modernized Russia and wanted to make it more like the Western European countries?
Peter the Great
What were the two sides of the English Civil War?
Royalists (Cavaliers) and Parliamentarians (Roundheads)
The incident which sparked the Revolution and celebrated as France's Independence Day
The attack by the Third Estate on the Bastille July 14, 1789
What was Napoleon's Coup d'etat?
Sudden seizure of power from the Directory
Which monarch built the Palace of Versailles in France?
Louis XIV
This document was signed in 1215 and limited the power of the English monarchy and protected the rights of the English people?
Magna Carta
The radical Jacobin leader of the Committee of Public Safety during the Reign of Terror.
Maximilian de Robespierre
What was the chief goal of the Congress of Vienna?
to preserve peace through a balance of power
What is the divine right of kings?
The idea that kings are appointed by God to rule.
Put the leaders in order: William and Mary, Charles II, James II, Charles I, James I, Oliver Cromwell
James I, Charles I, Cromwell, Charles II, James II, William and Mary
The Third Estate were inspired by Enlightenment philosophers. Name 3.
John Locke, Jean Rousseau, and Montesquieu
Name Napoleon's 3 Big Mistakes
1. Continental System
2. The Peninsula War
3. Invasion of Russia