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| WD=CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY | A government in which a king rules and his powers are limited by a written document that outlines the basic rights of the people and the powers of the government |
| WD=ABSOLUTISM | a government in which a ruler's power is unlimited |
| WD=DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS | The belief that rulers received their authority to rule from God and were answerable only to God |
| WD=BALANCE OF POWER | A defensive strategy in which weak countries join together to match or exceed the power of a stronger country |
| Ruled England after Charles I | Oliver Cromwell |
| Won the English Civil War | Roundheads - Parliament |
| Immediate cause of the English Civil War | Charles I attempted to arrest members of Parliament |
| Roundhead supporters | Middle class, city dwellers, Puritans and House of Commons |
| Period when Charles II regained the English throne | Restoration Period |
| Document signed by William and Mary to gain the throne | Bill of Rights of 1689 |
| Nobles, Catholics, Anglicans and rural landholders | Cavaliers |
| Only English king to be beheaded | Charles I |
| Political party who supported the monarchy | Tories |
| Political party who supported Parliament | Whigs |
| Effects of the Glorious Revolution | Ended absolute monarchy and William and Mary came to English throne |
| known as the Sun King | Louis XIV |
| reasons for building Versailles | symbol of royal power, wealth and glory of France |
| achievements of Peter the Great | modernized army, expanded Russia's boundaries and westernized Russia |
| Emphasis of Frederick the Great | Military strength |
| absolute monarchs who centralized power | Louis XIV, Peter the Great, Frederick the Great |
| Peter the Great ruled here | Russia |
| Frederick the Great ruled here | Prussia |
| Louis XIV ruled here | France |
| William III and Mary II ruled here | England |
| Main issue of English Civil War | who more powerful-king or Parliament |
| English Calvinists who wanted to purify the Anglican Church | Puritans |
| Invited William and Mary to replace James II as king | Parliament |
| Protectorate was what type of government? | military dictatorship |
| Kings who kept all the power of their country for themselves | Peter the Great, Frederick the Great, Louis XIV |
| Characteristics of absolute monarchy | rule by divine right, centralization of power, king has total control |
| document which limited royal power and ended absolutism in England | Bill of Rights |
| Made Parliament more powerful than king | Glorious Revolution |
| Period from 1642-1645 when Parliament fought the king for control of the English government | English Civil War |
| Result of Glorious Revolution | Bill of Rights written which gave Parliament supreme power over the king |
| King who built Versailles | Louis XIV |
| Absolute monarch of France | Louis XIV |
| Lord Protector of England and military dictator after the English Civil War | Oliver Cromwell |
| Russia's window on the west | St. Petersburg |
| Russia's new capital | St. Petersburg |
| England's Merry Monarch | Charles II |
| King during the Restoration | Charles II |
| developed in England because of differing political opinions | political parties |
| who won the English Civil War | Roundheads |
| who lost the English Civil War | Cavaliers |
| legislative body of England | Parliament |
| Beheaded at the end of the English Civil War | Charles I |
| he called for the execution of the king of England | Oliver Cromwell |
| he was strict and religious ruler of England | Oliver Cromwell |
| Became an absolute ruler of England after the English Civil War | Oliver Cromwell |
| two sides in the English Civil War | supporters of the king and supporters of Parliament |
| Czar who westernized Russia | Peter the Great |
| Countries which had an absolute monarchy | France, Russia, Prussia |
| Type of government in England after the Glorious Revolution | limited monarchy |
| European absolute monarchs tried to do this | centralize political power in their hands |
| Result of the Petition of Right | limited the king's power |
| Parliamentary army commanded by Cromwell | New Model Army |
| House of Lords, Anglican church, king reinstated | Restoration |
| Charles II's heir's problem | was Catholic |
| Real power in English govt | Parliament |
| Created by centralization of power and rulel by divine right | Absolute monarchy |
| Motto=I am the State | Louis XIV |
| govt which receives its power from the people | democracy |
| Result of English Civil War | Cavaliers defeated |
| Provisions of Bill of Rights | Only Parliament can levy taxes, king can't make or suspend laws, Parliament meets every year, People can petition king |
| Replaced Richard Cromwell as ruler of England | Charles II |
| Used to justify absolute rule | divine right of kings |
| Ended the Glorious Revolution | William and Mary assumed the throne |
| Their rule ended this in England | absolutism |
| Official residence of French king | Versailles |
| Caused tension between Parliament and Charles I | taxes, religion, court system |
| Provisions of Petition of Right | outlawed arrest without a specific charge, prohibited taxation without Parliament's approval, no soldiers housed in private homes without approval |
| Dynasty restored after Cromwells | Stuart |
| France's center of govt and society | Versailles |
| Events causing Parliament to be more powerful than king | English civil War and Glorious Revolution |
| Followed James I as king of England | Charles I |
| Another name for Royalist in ECW | Cavalier |
| Led to greater political freedom in England | ECW and Glorious Revolution |
