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king & queen ruled by divine right
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Absolute Monarch
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The king believes he gets his power from god
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Divine Right
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Absoulte Monarch of France that built the Palace of Versailles as a symbol of royal power
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Louis XIV
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a grand Palace built to showcase the power of King Louis XIV
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Palace of Versailles
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Louis XIV
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Sun King
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Prussia, emphasis on military power
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Frederick the Great
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first russian czar
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Ivan IV
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russian emperor
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Czar
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The House of Romanov, was the second and last imperial dynasty of Russia,
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Romanov Dynasty
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westernization of russia
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Peter the Great
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Peter the great moved the capital to
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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. It is to be distinguished from a bench trial where a judge or panel of judges make all decisions.
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Jury trial
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charter of political rights
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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, rather than through legislative statutes or executive action
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Common Law
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first absolute monarch to rule by divine right
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James I
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beheaded during the french revolution
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Charles I
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someone who opposed catholic rule
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Puritan
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someone who suppported the king during catholic rule
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Cavaliers
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opposed the king during the french revolution
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Roundheads
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English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War
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Oliver Cromwell
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Ruled as a constitutional monarch
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Charles II
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Ruled as a constitutional monarch
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Charles II
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a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge
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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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the last Stuart to be king of England and Ireland and Scotland; overthrown in 1688
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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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joint sovereignty over the Kingdom of England, as well as the Kingdom of Scotland
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William & Mary
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A Bill of Rights written after the Glorious Revolution of 1688 which placed William and Mary on the throne of England. The bill created a limited monarchy and established Parliament as the ruling body of the nation.
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English Bill of Rights
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education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge
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Enlightenment
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English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings
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Thomas Hobbes
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English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience
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John Locke
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French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers (1689-1755)
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Montesquieu
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French philosopher
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Philosopher
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Voltaire
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chief drafter of the Declaration of Independence
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Thomas Jefferson
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Composer
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Johann Sebastian Bach
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Composer
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Wolfgang Mozart
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Painter
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Eugene Delacroix
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Novelist
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Miguel de Cervantes
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