Sol 6B-D,f

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King with absolute power

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Absolute Monarch

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the right to rule comes straight from God

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divine right

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Sun king

I am the state -- (L'Etat, c'est moi)

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Louis XIV

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The fabulous palace of Louis XIV

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Palace of Versailles

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Leader of Prussia; emphasized large standing army

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Frederick The Great

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(The Terrible)

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Ivan IV

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Russian name for ruler

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Czar

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began with the election of Mikhail Romanov, a 16 year old boyar, by the zemskii sobor.

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Romanov Dynasty

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Wrote Spirit of Laws

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Montesquieu

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a major philosopher of the eighteenth-century Enlightenment, whose political philosophy influenced the French Revolution and the development of modern political and educational thought; wrote Social Contract

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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ruled Russia until his death carried out a policy of modernization and expansion that transformed the Tsardom of Russia into the 3-billion acre Russian Empire, a major European power

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Peter the Great

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ceased being the capital in 1918 after the Russian Revolution of 1917

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St.Petersburg

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a legal proceeding in which a jury either makes a decision or makes findings of fact which are then applied by a judge

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Jury Trial

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an English legal charter, originally issued in the year 1215; limited power of the king

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Magna Carta

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refers to law and the corresponding legal system developed through decisions of courts and similar tribunals

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Common Law

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First to rule England as a divine right king

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James I

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second son of James I, was King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution on 30 January 1649

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Charles I

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an associate of any number of religious groups advocating for more "purity" of worship and doctrine, as well as personal and group piety

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Puritan

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the name used by Parliamentarians for a Royalist supporter of King Charles I during the English Civil War

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Cavaliers

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nickname given to the Puritan supporters of Parliament during the English Civil War

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Roundheads

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an English military and political leader best known for his involvement in making England into a republican Commonwealth

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Oliver Cromwell

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Ruled England as a constitutional monarch after English Civil War

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Charles II

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a legal action, or writ, through which a person can seek relief from the unlawful detention of him or herself, or of another person

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Habeas Corpus

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a form of constitutional government, where either an elected or hereditary monarch is the head of state

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Constitutional Monarch

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last Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland

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James II

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the overthrow of King James II of England

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Glorious Revolution

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refers to the joint sovereignty over the Kingdom of England

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William and Mary

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an act of the Parliament of England, whose title is An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown

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English Bill of Rights

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a term used to describe a time in Western philosophy and cultural life centered upon the eighteenth century, in which reason was advocated as the primary source and legitimacy for authority

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Enlightenment

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English philosopher who wrote the book Leviathan established the foundation for most of Western political philosophy from the perspective of social contract theory

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Thomas Hobbes

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English philosopher who considered the first of the British empiricists, but is equally important to social contract theory.

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John Locke

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a French Enlightenment writer, essayist, and philosopher known for his wit, philosophical sport and defence of civil liberties, including both freedom of religion and free trade.

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Voltaire

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the third President of the United States (1801–1809), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence

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Thomas Jefferson

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a German composer and organist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity

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Johann Sebastian Bach

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prolific and influential composer of the Classical era

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Wolfgang Mozart

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a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school

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Eugene Delacroix

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a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright who wrote Don Quixote.

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Miguel de Cervantes