Unit 6 Vocab Flashcards
Charles V son; inherited Spain
Philip the Second
When power rests completely in the King’s and queens
Absolute monarch
The idea that god created the monarchy and that the monarch acted as gods representative on earth
Divine right
The declaration of religious right
Edict of Nantes
The idea that nothing can ever be known for certain
Skepticism
The most power ruler in french history
Louis XIV
Government agents
Intendant
Minister of finance of Louis
Jean baptiste
Spanish depression
War of the Spanish Succession
A conflict over religion
Thirty Years War
Powerful ruler in Austria
Maria Theresa
Son of Frederick William; softer ruler
Frederick the Great
Huge war through out the world
Seven Years War
The first czar of Russia; throne in 1533
Ivan the Terrible
Landowning nobles
Boyars
One of Russia’s great reformers
Peter the a Great
Using western europe as a model for change
Westernization
Jame the first son; took throne in 1625
Charles I
War between King Charles supporters and opponents; from 1642-1649
English Civil War
General who won the civil war for the purtains and took the throne
Oliver Cromwell
Restoring the monarchy
Restoration
Important guarantee of freedom
Habeas Corpus
Overthrow of king James the second
Glorious revolution
Monarch where laws limited the rulers power
Constitutional Monarchy
