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what is an absolute monarchy

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where the king or queen had absolute power within their borders and wanted to control every aspect of society

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Divine right of kings

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Kings represented God on earth so people must obey without question

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What were the benefits of absolute monarchy

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clear decision maker, stability with clear leader in the future

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disadvantages of absolute monarchy

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lack of citizen participation, lack of citizen choice and right, infrequent/erratic change in leaders

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Where did absolute monarchies want to control

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  1. Government 2,Nobility 3. economics 4. power
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T or F: The magma carter was meant to be temporary

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True

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Why did king Henry want to divorce his first wife, then what happened

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she couldn’t have a son and he asked the pope to authorize a divorce and he wouldn’t so Henry made his own church to authorize his divorce

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What happened to the crown after Jane died

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It went to the son Edward but he had a childhood disease so he died soon after so it went to the first wife of Henry but she was catholic so it became a catholic nation

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What happened to the crown after Jane died

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It went to the son Edward but he had a childhood disease so he died soon after so it went to the first wife of Henry but she was catholic so it became a catholic nation

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What happens after Elizabeth 1 dies

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she has no heirs so it goes to James 1 of Scotland to become the english king

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What did Charles 1 want to do with the goverment

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He wanted to strengthen the monarchy at the expense of parliament and believed in the divine right of kings

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What was the main cause of the English Civil war

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Charles 1 tried to collect taxes without alerting the parliment

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What was the petition of the right

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a document created by parliament in attempt to limit the power of King Charles who was ruling without the consent of parliament

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how did Charles 1 react to petition of the right

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he ignored it

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In the English civil war what was parliaments army called

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New model army (roundheads)

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In the English civil war what was kings army called

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Cavaliers

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What book did John Locke write, what did it say

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two treaties of government, every person was free and equal under the law of nature

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What did John lock believe in (two things)

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Natural rights, social contract theory (leader expected to fulfill rights without you giving them up)

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What did Thomas Hobbes write

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Leviathan

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What government did Thomas Hobbes like

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absolute monarchy

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What was Thomas Hobbes social contract theory

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Giving up right for the king

22
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Whats another word for Age of reason

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the enlightment

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What was the Enlightment

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it was based on observation and willingness to question what was already assumed especially questioning absolutism

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What did the philosophies do

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an enlightenment group in France that believed by using reason one could reform government, law, and society

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Who was Montesquieu and what did he write

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a influential thinker who studied the governments in Europe, he wrote spirit of the laws, he believed in dividing government up into 3 categories and the separation of power

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Who was Rousseau and what book did he write

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he WROTE the social contract saying that controls over society should be minimal and only freely elected officials could impose these controls

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popular sovereignty

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people ruled themselves (through representatives)

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Rousseau theory of general will

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Government is legit if it follows the general will of the people but if government places itself above law it loses all legitimacy

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What did Mary Wollstonecraft believe/not believe in

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the enlightenment slogan “free and equal” did not apply to women, she challenged these ideas by arguing being a mother is a women’s 1st duty but she should be able to make decisions independent from her husband

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Who wrote “ a vindication of the rights of women”

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Mary wollstonecraft

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Popular sovereignty

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The government is created by and subject to the will of the people

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What big event caused Oliver Cromwell to come to power as a military dictator

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English civil war

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after Cromwell dies who restored the monarchy,

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Charles ll

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James l came to the throne after Elizabeth l and also authored a book explaining

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divine right of absloute monarchy

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Who wrote Leviathan and what did it say,

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Thomas hobbes, it argues for a social contract and popular sovereignty

36
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Whats was thomas hobbes view of humankind

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they were evil and war bound and needed a monarch to control them and keep them in check

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What was thomas hobbes social contract theory

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you give up all your right to the king because he will then deliver your natural rights

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who believed in tablu rusa and what did it say

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John locke, everyone was born with a blank slate and was corrupted by society

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what book did Montesquieu write and what was it about

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Spirit of the laws, it was about checks and balances and the 3 types of goverment

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Who wrote social contract theory and what did it say

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Rousseau, people are born with certain rights and a leader is expected to fufill them

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Who believed in general will of the people

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Rousseau

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Who wrote the vindication of the rights of a women.

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Mary willstonecraft

43
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who wrote life liberty and the persut of property

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john locke

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