Absolute Monarchs
He was a French monarch known as the "Sun King".
Who is Louis XIV?
This was the conflict between the Cavaliers who supported the divine right of kings and the Roundheads…
What is the English Civil War?
This English physicist discovered gravity and wrote the laws of motion.
Who is (Sir Isaac) Newton?
He defined our natural rights as rights we are intrinsically born with and include life, liberty, and property.
Who is (John) Locke?
A political system in which a ruler holds total power.
What is Absolutism or an Absolute Monarchy?
This was one of the causes of the rise in absolutism in Europe, since the Church had lost some of it's power.
What is the (Protestant) Reformation?
This form of government was adopted by England at the end of the Glorious Revolution where a monarch’s power is limited by a constitution.
Who is a Constitutional Monarchy?
This Polish astronomer created the heliocentric model of the universe, which contradicted the Ptolemaic geocentric model.
Who is (Nicolai) Copernicus?
He wrote Leviathan where he argues the best form of government to control man’s evil ways was a strong, absolute monarchy.
Who is (Thomas) Hobbes?
The lavish palace constructed by Louis XIV to reflect his power and might.
What is the Palace of Versailles?
He was the English monarch supported by the Cavaliers during the English Civil War.
Who is Charles I?
These monarchs were invited to take the throne after James II fled England on the condition that they signed the English Bill of Rights.
Who are William and Mary?
This Italian astronomer supported the heliocentric theory and was convicted of heresy by the Catholic Church
Who is Galileo (Galilei)?
He wrote The Spirit of the Law and about the importance of separation of powers.
Who is Montesquieu?
The doctrine that states that the right of ruling comes from God and not people’s consent.
What is Divine Right (of Kings)?
This czar took steps to westernize his country.
Who is Peter the Great (Romanov)?
This was the period after Cromwell’s rule where Charles II was restored to the throne.
What is the Restoration?
This English philosopher and statesman developed the Scientific Method.
Who is (Sir Francis) Bacon?
He said "I disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it".
Who is Voltaire?
An informal gathering, at which writers, artists, philosophers, and others exchanged ideas.
What is a salon?
This is the purpose or goal of absolutism.
What is to centralize government?
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What is have total control?
He has Charles I executed after he led the Roundheads to victory during the English Civil War.
Who is (Oliver) Cromwell?
This English physician who deduced that blood circulates in the body.
Who is (William) Harvey?
He wrote The Social Contract where he defines it as an agreement made between the government and the governed.
Who is (Jean-Jacques) Rousseau?
The ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states.
What is sovereignty?