| A | B |
|---|
| Parliament | government that runs England. |
| inflation | an abnormal increase in the currency resulting in sharp price rises. |
| absolutism | a form of government with unlimited power held by one individual or a group(such as a monarch and his or her advisers.) |
| Devine Rights of Kings | the belief that a ruler derived absoulte or complete authority from God and was responsible to God alone for his or her actions. |
| Dynasty | a line of rulers who belong to the same family. |
| Charles II | the last of the Spanish Hapsburgs. Became kking in 1665 at age 4, ruling under the regency of his mother. |
| Elizabeth I | became queen in 1558, when she was 25 years old. She didnt want to get married. She agreed to Mary's execution. |
| Henry VIII | son of Henry VII and the most powerful of all Tudor monarchs. Died in 1547. |
| Louis XIV | is reconized as the most powerful Bourbon monarch. Became King at age 5 and announced he would run his own government at age 23. |
| Spanish Armada | a force of 130 ships and 33,000 men who sailed out for England on May 30, 1588. |
