| A | B |
|---|
| King Louis XIV | absolute ruler of France |
| King Louis XVI | French King that was overthrown during French Revolution |
| Marie Antoinette | French Queen who was from Austria and lived extravagantly |
| Robespierre | led the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | French general who became dictator of France and expanded French territory |
| John Locke | Enlightenment philosopher who said people have natural rights which are life, liberty and property |
| Voltaire | Enlightenment philosopher who believed strongly in freedom of speech and religion |
| Rousseau | Enlightenment thinker who believed successful government should be based on compromise |
| Montesquieu | Enlightenment philosopher who believed in separation of powers and checks and balances |
| Peter the Great | Absolute ruler who westernized Russia |
| Tokugawa Ieyasu | absolute ruler who used the alternate attendance policy to limit power of daiymos (nobles) and rule Japan |
| William and Mary | English protestant rulers who came to throne in the "bloodless revolution" |
| Simon Bolivar | Revolutionary leader in South America who helped liberate Peru from Spanish Control |
| Toussaint L'Overture | leader who helped Haiti rebel from French control |
| boyars | Russian nobles |
| Coup d'etat | a sudden siezure of power |
| Huguenots | French Protestants |
| Bourgeoisie | the French "middle class" |
| Edict of Nantes | declaration by Henry IV which promised that Protestants could live in peace in France |
| Congress of Vienna | series of meetings in which European leaders sought to establish long-lasting peace and security after the defeat of Napoleon |
