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Constitutionalism Flashcards

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Absolutism

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The theory that the monarch is supreme and can exercise full and complete power unilaterally

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Bill of Rights

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English document declaring that sovereignty resided with Parliament

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Charles I

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Stuart king who brought conflict with Parliament to a head and was subsequently executed

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Charles II

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Stuart king during the Restoration, following Cromwell’s Interregnum

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Colbert

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The financial minister under the French king Louis XIV who promoted mercantilist policies

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Constitutionalism

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The theory that power should be shared between rulers and their subjects and the state governed according to laws

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Oliver Cromwell

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The principal leader and a gentry member of the Puritans in Parliament

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Diggers and Levellers

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Radical groups in England in the 1650’s who called for the abolition of private ownership and extension of the franchise

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Divine right monarchy

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The belief that a monarch’s power derives from God and represents Him on earth

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Frederick the Great

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The Prussian ruler who expanded his territory by invading the duchy of Silesia and defeating Maria Theresa of Austria

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Frederick William

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The “Great Elector”, who built a strong Prussian army and infused military values into Prussian society

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French Classicism

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The style in 17th century art and literature resembling the arts in the ancient world and in the Renaissance

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Fronde

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The last aristocratic revolt against a French monarch

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Glorious Revolution

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A reference to the political events of 1688-1689, when James II abdicated his throne and was replaced by his daughter Mary and her husband, Prince William of Orange

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Habeas corpus

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The legal protection that prohibits the imprisonment of a subject without demonstrated cause

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Thomas Hobbes

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Political theorist advocating absolute monarchy based on his concept of an anarchic state of nature

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Interregnum

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The period of Cromwellian rule, between the Stuart dynastic rules of Charles I and Charles II

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James I

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Stuart monarch who ignored constitutional principles and asserted the divine right of kings

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James II

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Final Stuart ruler; he was forced to abdicate in favor of William and Mary, who agreed to the Bill of rights, guaranteeing parliamentary supremacy

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John Locke

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Political theorist who defended the Glorious Revolution with the argument that all people are born with certain natural rights to life, liberty and property

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Louis XIV

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Also known as the ‘Sun King’; the ruler of France who established the supremacy of absolutism in 17th century Europe

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Maria Theresa

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Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Hungary, who lost the Hapsburg possession of Silesia to Frederick the Great but was able to keep her other Austrian territories.

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Mercantilism

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Governmental policies by which the state regulates the economy, through taxes, tariffs, subsidies, and laws

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New Model Army

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The disciplined fighting force of Protestants led by Oliver Cromwell in the English civil war

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Peace of Utrecht

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The pact concluding the War of the Spanish Succession, forbidding the union of France with Spain, and conferring control of Gibraltar on England

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Peter the Great

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The Romanov czar who initiated the westernization of Russian society by travelling to the West and incorporation techniques of manufacturing as well ad manners an dress.

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Petition of Right

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Parliamentary document that restricted the king’s power. Most notably, it called for recognition of the writ of habeas corpus and held that only Parliament could impose new taxes

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Puritan Revolution

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A reference to the English civil war, waged to determine whether sovereignty would reside in the monarch or in Parliament

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Puritans

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Protestant sect in England hoping to ‘purify’ the Anglican church of Roman Catholic traces in practice and organization

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Restoration

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The return of the Stuart monarchy after the period of republican government under Cromwell-in fact, a military dictatorship

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Test Act

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Law prohibitihg Catholics and dissenters to hold political office

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Versailles

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Palace constructed by Louis XIV outside of Paris to glorify his rule and subdue the nobility

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War of the Spanish Succession

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The last of Louis XIV’s wars involving the issue of succession to the Spanish Throne

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William of Orange

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Dutch price and foe to Louis XIV who became king of England in 1689

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