Unit 5 Vocab
Absolutely Absolutism
You EnglAND Me
Mixed
Older Review
100
System where one King or Queen rules with complete control and power over a country
Absolutism
100
French king nicknamed "The Sun King" who revoked the Edict of Nantes
Louis XIV
100
King of England who dissolved parliament and was beheaded
King Charles I
100
Louis XIV built this magnificent building as a symbol of his power
The Palace of Versailles
100
Ruler of England who defeated the Spanish Armada and allowed religious freedom for her subjects
Queen Elizabeth I
200
The title for "Emperor of Russia"
Tsar
200
Peter the Great tried to bring ideas from countries like France, England, and Germany to his country in this process
Westernization/Westernizing
200
Supporters of Parliament during the English Civil War
The Roundheads
200
Peter the Great built this city and made it the new capital of Russia
St. Petersburg
200
Enlightened thinker who argued for the separation of Church and State
Voltaire
300
Bloodless coup in England that overthrew James II
The Glorious Revolution
300
She continued the policies of Peter the Great as Empress of Russia
Catherine the Great
300
Supporters of the King during the English Civil War
Cavaliers
300
Co-Monarchs of England who came to power in the Glorious Revolution
William and Mary
300
Scientist responsible for discovering the Laws of Planetary Motion
Johannes Kepler
400
Absolute monarchs argued this concept gave them the power to rule thanks to God
Divine Right
400
This ruler or his family tried to unite all of Europe under Catholicism and heavily backed the Pope, but failed
Charles V or the Hapsburg family
400
This bill signed in 1689 transformed England into a Constitutional Monarchy and limited the power of its kings and queens
The English Bill of Rights
400
Document signed in 1215 that granted rights to the nobility and limited the powers of the English king
Magna Carta
400
Enlightened thinker who argued for the government to be split into three branches also called the "Tripartite System"
Montesquieu
500
Document that protected the rights of French "Huguenots"
Edict of Nantes
500
Frederick the Great was the ruler of this Germanic country
Prussia
500
Second English King to dissolve parliament, but managed to survive by fleeing to France after being overthrown in a bloodless coup
James II
500
System of government where the monarch rules absolutely, but has concern about the wellbeing of their subjects and tries to grant them some freedoms
Enlightened Absolutism
500
Chief architect for the Ottomans responsible for construction projects
Sinan