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| Phillip II | Son of Cgarles V who inherited Spain, the Spanish Netherlands, and the American colonies. |
| Absolute Monarch | KIngs or Queens who held all of the power within their states' boundaries. |
| Divine Right | The idea that God created the monarchy and that the monarch acted as God's representative on earth. |
| Edict of Nantes | The declaration of religious toleration. |
| Cardinal Richelieu | Appointed by King Louis XIII who made up for his weakness. |
| Skepticism | The idea that nothing can ever be known for certain. |
| Louis XIV | The most powerful ruler in French history. |
| Intendant | Government agents who collected taxes and administered justice. |
| Jean Baptiste Colbert | He believed in the theory of merchantilism who wanted to prevent wealth from leaving the country, by attempting to make France self-sufficient. |
| War of the Spanish Succession | In 1701, England, Austria, the Dutch Republic, Portugal, and several German and Italian states joined together to prevent the Union of the French and Spanish thrones. |
| Thirty Years' War | A conflict over religion and territory and for power among European ruling families. |
| Maria Theresa | Eldest daughter of Charles VI and heir to all his Hapsburg territories. |
| Frederick the Great | Frederick the great son of Frederick William folled his fathers military policies when he came to power but believed that a ruler should be a fater to the people. |
| Seven Years' War | A conflict in Europe, North America, and India, lasting from 1756 to 1763, in which the forces of Britain and Prussia battled those Austria, France,Russia, and other countries. |
| Ivan the Terrible | He ruled by terro organizing his own police unit to hunt down people who he considered traitors. |
| Boyar | Russian landowning nobles. |
| Peter the Great | 1696 he became ruler of Russia and is kown as one of histories greatest reformers. |
| Westernization | A adoption of the social,political, or economics institutions of Western-European or American-countries. |
| Charles I | took the throne in 1625. |
| English Civil War | A conflict, lasting from 1642 to 1649, in which Puritan supporters of Parliament battled supproters of England's monarchy. |
| Oliver Cromwell | Purtians general who over threw King Charles |
| Restoration | The period of Charles II's rule over England, after the collapse of Oliver Cromwell's government |
| habeas corpus | A document requiring that prisoner be brought before a court or judge so that it can be decidied whether his or her imprisonment is legal. |
| Glorius Revolution | The bloodless overthrow of the English king James II and his replacement by William and Mary. |
| Constitutional Monarchy | System of governing in which the ruler's powers is limited by law. |
| Cabinet | A groupadvisers or ministers chosen by the head of a country to help make government decisions. |
