Terms Unit 3 Flashcards
Absolutism
King/Monarch controls all
Divine Right
Belief that God gives the ruler power
Constitutional Monarchy
Government that limits rulers power
Glorious Revolution
bloodless overthrow of King James 2
English Civil War
Supporters of Charles the 1st vs. supporters of parliament
Royalist/Cavaliers
Supporters of Charles 1
“Roundheads”
Opposes of Charles 1 (Puritans of Parliament)
Restoration
period of Charles 2 rule
Habeas Corpus
guarantee of freedom for prisoners giving them a chance to testify
Westernization
The use of Western Europe as a model for a change
Thirty Years’ War
Conflict over religion and territory and for power over European ruling families
Seven Years’ War
1756-1763 conflict where Britain gained economic domination in India and colonies in North America
Boyars
Russia’s landowning nobles
Intendants
Government agents who collect taxes and administered justice
Skepticism
The idea that nothing can ever be known for certain
War of Spanish Succession
The struggle to prevent the union on French and Spanish thrones
Absolute Monarch
Kings/Queens who held all power within their states’ boundaries
Edict of Nantes
Declaration of religious toleration for Huguenots
Geocentric Theory
Belief/idea that earth was the center of the universe
Scientific Revolution
A new way of thinking about the natural world (discoveries and circumstances)
Heliocentric Theory
Sun was the center of the universe
Scientific Method
Logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas
Enlightenment
“Age of Reason” -A new intellectual movement that stressed reason and though and the power of individuals to solve problems
Philosophes
Social critics during the enlightenment
