| A | B |
|---|
| Absolutism | When a monarch has complete authority over the government and lives of their people |
| Divine Rights of Kings | Theory the king's power came from god, claimed by absolute rulers. Similiar to the Chinese belief in the Mandate of Heaven |
| Louis XIV | The Sun King, spent lavishly on Versailles and left France in debt |
| Liberty, Fraternity and Equality | Slogan in the French Revolution |
| Puritans | Protestant religion in England that disagreed w/ absolute rule |
| Oliver Cromwell | Leader of Parliamentary army that fought and won English Civil War against absolute rule in England |
| Glorious Revolution | Parliament asked William and Mary to become king and queen but required them to sign the English Bill of Rights |
| English Bill of Rights | Set of laws that forced the English monarchs to work w/ Parliament; established a limited monarchy |
| Peter the Great | Russian Czar who sought to modernize/westernize Russia |
| Catherine the Great | Tzarina who sought to westernize Russia |
| Aquiring a warm water port for Russia | A goa of Peter the Great and Catherine the Great |
| Enlightened despot | Monarchs who made reforms in line w/ Enlightenment ideas |
