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17 Cards in this Set
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Absolute Monarch |
Ruled by one person (all powerful) |
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Divine right |
God given right to rule |
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Inflation |
increase in prices |
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Edict of Nantes |
allows protestants to worship |
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Skepticism |
the belief that there is no truth |
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War of Spanish Succession |
a way to determine monarch succession |
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Thirty Year's War |
war between France, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Austria and other states of Germany over the national rivalries and conflict between Roman Catholics and Protestants |
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Peace of Westphalia |
Series of treaties that ended the Thirty Year's War over the succession of the Holy empire |
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Frederick the Great |
Ruler of Prussia |
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The Hapsburg's |
ruling family of Europe |
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Seven Year's War |
conflict between Russia and France |
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Czar |
ruler of Russia (dictator) |
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Boyars |
member of the old aristocracy in Russia, next in rank to a prince |
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Charles I |
last absolute monarch of England |
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English Civil War |
Battle between parliaments and Royalists over the manner of government |
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Oliver Cromwell |
English Military and political leader |
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Habeaus corpus |
used to bring a party who has been criminally convicted to court - used to review the legality of the party's arrest, imprisonment, or detention. |
