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king & queen ruled by divine right
Absolute Monarch
The king believes he gets his power from god
Divine Right
Absoulte Monarch of France that built the Palace of Versailles as a symbol of royal power
Louis XIV
a grand Palace built to showcase the power of King Louis XIV
Palace of Versailles
Louis XIV
Sun King
Prussia, emphasis on military power
Frederick the Great
first russian czar
Ivan IV
russian emperor
Czar
The House of Romanov, was the second and last imperial dynasty of Russia,
Romanov Dynasty
westernization of russia
Peter the Great
Peter the great moved the capital to
St. Petersburg
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.
Jury trial
charter of political rights
Magna Carta
refers to law and the corresponding legal system developed through decisions of courts and similar tribunals, rather than through legislative statutes or executive action
Common Law
first absolute monarch to rule by divine right
James I
beheaded during the french revolution
Charles I
someone who opposed catholic rule
Puritan
someone who suppported the king during catholic rule
Cavaliers
opposed the king during the french revolution
Roundheads
English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War
Oliver Cromwell
Ruled as a constitutional monarch
Charles II
Ruled as a constitutional monarch
Charles II
a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge
Habeas Corpus
a form of constitutional government, where either an elected or hereditary monarch is the head of state,
Constitutional Monarch
the last Stuart to be king of England and Ireland and Scotland; overthrown in 1688
James II
the overthrow of King James II of England
Glorious Revolution
joint sovereignty over the Kingdom of England, as well as the Kingdom of Scotland
William & Mary
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.
English Bill of Rights
education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge
Enlightenment
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
Thomas Hobbes
English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience
John Locke
French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers (1689-1755)
Montesquieu
French philosopher
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Philosopher
Voltaire
chief drafter of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
Composer
Wolfgang Mozart
Painter
Eugene Delacroix
Novelist
Miguel de Cervantes